Asmat Ali v. State Of West Bengal

13.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1605 of 2022 sl no. 55 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Rajarhat PS case no. 12 of 2016 dated 13.1.2016 under sections 302/201/120B/34 of the IPC And In Re : Asmat Ali ........ petitioner Ms. Oindrila Ghosh ...... for the petitioner Mr. R D Nandi Ms. Eshita Dutta ...... for the State Statements of witnesses disclose petitioner is the principal accused.

In view of the gravity of the offence and the prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. However keeping in mind the protracted period of detention suffered by the petitioner i.e. more than six years, we direct the trial court to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the next date fixed before it for recording evidence without granting adjournments to either of the parties.

(Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)