Ramprasad Mandal v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

15.05.2025 Item No.07.

Daily List Court No.39 Mithun (Rejected)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (M) 341 of 2025 In re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 read with Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakasha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Gazole Police Station Case No.359 of 2021 dated 03.05.2021 (POCSO Case No.88/21) for alleged offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 6 of POCSO Act and alternatively 377 of the Indian Penal Code, pending before the learned Judge, Special Court, ADJ, 2nd Court,Malda -AndIn the matter of : Ramprosad Mondal ... Petitioner Mr. Kazi M. Rahman ...for the petitioner Ms. Rituparna De Ghose, Mr. Atulya Sinha ... ...For the State Status report along with service report filed by the State is taken on record.

Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that he is in custody for more than 4 years without there being progress in trial. He seeks for enlargement of the petitioner on bail. Learned Advocate for the State opposes such prayer and submits that there are sufficient incriminating materials against the petitioner. She informs the Court that eight witnesses out of 12 have already been examined and four more witnesses remain to be examined on behalf of the prosecution. She seeks for dismissal of the bail application.

Perused the case diary and materials on record. It is found that there are sufficient incriminating materials against the petitioner. Considering the above materials and nature and gravity of the offence, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. It is informed by the learned Advocate for the State that four more witnesses remains to be examined on behalf of the prosecution and date is fixed on 18th June, 2025 and 19th June, 2025 for further evidence.

Accordingly, learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial to the fullest extent and conclude the same at an early date without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

Prosecution is directed to produce witnesses on the schedule fixed for examination.

Parties are directed to cooperate in trial at the time of examination of the witnesses.

The application for bail being CRM(M) 341 of 2025 stands dismissed.

(Bivas Pattanayak, J.)