Gopal Madhu @ Raju v. State Of West Bengal

13.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1619 of 2022 sl no. 63 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Taherpur PS case no. 193/2016 dated 9.6.2016 under section 6 of the POCSO Act And In Re : Gopal Madhu @ Raju ........ petitioner Ms. S Bhatacharyya ...... for the petitioner Mr. T K Ghosh Ms. Sonali Bhar ...... for the State Petitioner renews his prayer for bail and submits that he is in custody for more than five years.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered evidence on record including the injury report which shows injury in the private parts of the minor victim. 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. Trial court is directed to conclude the trial at an early date 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.)