Santosh Das v. State Of West Bengal

05.07.2023 sdas allowed CRM(DB) No. 1670 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Swarupnagar Police Station Case No. 809 of 2022 dated 16.08.2022 under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 14A(b)/14C of the Foreigners Act and Section 12 of the PP Act. And In Re : Santosh Das ...... petitioner Mr. Sumanta Chakraborty ....for the petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Dipankar Mahata .... for the State Report filed in Court be placed on record.

It appears from the report that Voter Identity Card of the petitioner is genuine.

In view of the aforesaid fact and nature of accusation, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 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 the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Basirhat, North 24-Parganas, subject to conditions that petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to

cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)