Jahangir Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

June 13, 2025 20 ARDR (Rejected) CRM (M) 396 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Joynagar Police Station Case No. 73 of 2021 dated 07/2/2021 under Sections 302/325/448/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re :

Jahangir Mondal ... Petitioner.

Adv. Neil Basu, Adv. Subharajit Dey, Adv. Sankha Biswas ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Z. N. Khan, Adv. Trina Mitra, ...for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than four years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that out of seventeen witnesses only three witnesses have been examined. PW 2 and PW 3 have not implicated the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. The material on record prima facie suggests that the petitioner along with other co-accused entered the house of the victim armed with deadly weapon and assaulted him, resulting in his death. One of the offending weapons has been recovered at the instance of the petitioner. Vulnerable witnesses are yet to be examined. Considering the gravity of the offence and prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

However, considering the period of incarceration of the petitioner, learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be 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.)