Gopal Chakraborty v. State Of West Bengal

06.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1358 of 2022 sl no. 32 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Hanskhali P.S Case no. 222 of 2022 dated 13.3.2022 under sections 498A/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code subsequently added sections 3/4 of the DP Act Allowed And In Re : Gopal Chakraborty ........ petitioner Mr. S Majumder ...... for the petitioner Mr. S G Mukherjee, Ld PP Mr. Aniket Mitra ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 86 days. It is submitted victim committed suicide and charge sheet has been filed under section 306 IPC instead of murder.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Having considered the materials on record and bearing in mind the facts and circumstances of the case and the period of detention suffered by the petitioner, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner 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 the learned ACJM, Ranaghat, Nadia on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 1358 of 2022 is disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)