Pradip Mondal And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

10.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1508 of 2022 sl no. 30 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Hanskhali P.S Case no. 381 of 2022 dated 24.4.2022 under sections 447/325/506/34 IPC and section 6 of the POCSO Act And Allowed In Re : Pradip Mondal & Anr.

........ petitioners Mr. S Bhattacharyya ...... for the petitioners Mr. Prasun Dutta Mr. Subrato Roy ...... for the State Petitioners are in custody for 47 days. It is submitted that they are the parents of the principal accused. Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Having considered materials on record and bearing in mind extent of complicity of the petitioners in the alleged crime and in view of the period of detention suffered by them i.e 47 months, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special court under POCSO Act, Nadia on condition that the petitioners 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 they fail to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 1508 of 2022 is disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)