Adbul Karim Sekh And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

31.08.2021 Item no.67.

Court No.32.

AB (Rejected) (Via Video Conference) CRM No. 4561 of 2021 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 6.7.2021 in connection with Basirhat Police Station Case No.1101 of 2020 Dated 3.10.2020 under Sections 498A/302/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code And In the matter of : Abdul Karim Sekh & Anr.

......Petitioners.

Mr. Satadru Lahiri, Mr. Safdar Azam ......for the Petitioners.

Md. Anowar Hossain, Ms. Sreyashee Biswas ......for the State.

The petitioners are the parents-in-law of the victim lady. The charge is of torture and murder. The incident occurred within four years of marriage.

The petitioners say that they have no involvement in the death of the victim. They have been falsely inculpated. They are in custody for about 331 days. Charge sheet has been submitted. No useful purpose will be served by further detaining them.

We have considered the post mortem report as well as the inquest report. We have also seen the statements of neighbours recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure. The cause of death was strangulation. The body was recovered from a pond.

Considering the nature and gravity of the alleged offence as also the prima facie incriminating material against the petitioners, we are of the view that it will not be appropriate to accede to the prayer of the petitioners, at this stage. C.R.M. No.4561 of 2021 is, accordingly, dismissed. We are told that charge is yet to be framed. In view of detention of the petitioners for an appreciable period of time, we request the learned Trial Court to expedite the consideration of charge and generally bring the trial to an early conclusion. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Bivas Pattanayak, J.) (Arijit Banerjee, J.)