Ramotr Singh @ Ramotar Kumar Singh @ Chotu Singh @ Ramotar Singh v. State Of West Bengal

May 20, 2025 10 ARDR (Allowed) CRM (M) 374 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kulti Police Station Case No. 561 of 2023 dated 09/10/2023 under Sections 326/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re :

Ramotr Singh @ Ramotar Kumar Singh @ Chotu Singh @ Romotar Singh.

... Petitioner.

Adv. Ayan Basu, Adv. Sk. Salim, Adv. Sumit Routh, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Suman De, Adv. Rituparna Saha, ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than a year and renews his prayer for bail.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. Dying declaration of the victim given before private individual does not implicate the petitioner. Though the petitioner appears to have been present at the spot when the alleged incident has occurred, no specific role connecting him to the alleged incident has been attributed to him. Trial of the case has not progressed much after his bail prayer was rejected earlier. Only one out of ten witnesses has been examined so far. Chances of trial being concluded in near future is bleak. Considering the material on record, extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence as well as slow progress in trial, this Court is of the view that further detention of the petitioner is not required and he may be granted bail.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Ramotr Singh @ Ramotar Kumar Singh @ Chotu Singh @ Romotar Singh be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, subject to condition that he shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the learned trial Court on any date without any justifiable cause, the learned 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 disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)