Maqsood Chisti @ Kabir v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

28.04.2023 Sl. No.37 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. (DB) 1733 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 20.04.2023 in connection with Eco Park Police Station Case No.193 dated 31.07.2021 under Section 328 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4/6 of the POCSO Act. And In Re: Maqsood Chisti @ Kabir ... ... Petitioner Mr. Shataroop Purukayastha Ms. Jagriti Bhattacharya ... ... for the petitioner Mr. S. S. Imam Mr. S. Kundu ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for about 636 days. Accordingly, he renews his prayer for bail. Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record. Bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected earlier on merits. Victim and her parents have supported the prosecution case. Under such circumstances, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The application for bail is thus rejected.

Trial court is directed to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

Parties shall communicate a copy of this order to the trial court for due compliance.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)