Shital Halder @ Shital Haldar v. State Of West Bengal

20.06.2025 Item No.10 Ct.No.34 rc.

C.R.M. (M) 389 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Jalangi Police Station Case No. 255 of 2022 dated 08.08.2022 under Sections 341/326/307/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re :

Shital Halder @ Shital Haldar ... Petitioner.

Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra Mr. Somnath Adhikary ... for the Petitioner Mr. Partha Pratim Das Mr. Mainak Gupta ... For the State The petitioner is in custody for more two years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there was a free fight between the parties and the petitioner and his brother also suffered serious injuries. A counter case has been filed by the petitioner's wife in this regard. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. The petitioner appears to be the principal assailant who struck the fatal blow on the victims. Two persons were murdered. The counter case has been filed long after the present complaint. Fourteen out of twenty nine witnesses have been examined. The evidence suggests sufficient incriminating

material against the petitioner. Offences, if proved, shall attract mandatory life imprisonment.

Considering the gravity of offence and prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

The learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

The bail application is disposed of.

Case Diary is returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)