Subrata Paul v. State Of West Bengal

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29.07.2021 Ct.32 Tanmoy Allowed C.R.M. 3641 of 2021 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 28.04.2021 in connection with Santipur Police Station Case No. 201/2021 dated 03.04.2021 under Sections 498A/306 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: - Subrata Paul.

....petitioner.

Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty, Mr. S.S. Saha ...for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherji, Ld. P.P., Ms. Faria Hossain, Mr. Aniket Mitra ...for the State.

The petitioner is the husband of the victim lady. The post mortem report says it is a case of suicidal hanging. Section 306 of I.P.C. has been pressed into service apart from Section 498A thereof.

We are told that the investigation is complete and chargesheet has been submitted. The petitioner is in custody for 114 days.

Considering the above facts of the case and the material in the Case Diary, we are of the view that any further detention of the petitioner may not be necessary.

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia on condition that the petitioner shall appear

before the trial Court on every date of hearing and shall meet the Officer-in-Charge of the Police Station within the jurisdiction of which he resides once in a fortnight until further orders and shall not leave the district without leave of the Officer-in-Charge. The petitioner is further directed not to intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and shall not commit similar offence in future.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stipulated above without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the petitioner's bail in accordance with law without further reference to this court. The application for bail being C.R.M. 3641 of 2021 is, accordingly, disposed of.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Arijit Banerjee, J.)