Md. Jahangir v. State Of West Bengal

30.04.2024 sdas allowed CRM (DB) No. 1346 of 2024 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Pandua Police Station Case No. 510 of 2023 dated 18.09.2023 under Sections 399/402 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act.

And In Re : Md. Jahangir ...... petitioner Mr. Sanat Kumar Daas Mr. Sujan Chatterjee Ms. Souparna Sinha .... for the petitioner Mr. Sanjoy Bardhan Ms. Sima Biswas .... for the State 1.

Heard the learned Counsels for the parties.

2.

We have considered the materials on record.

Petitioner is in custody for 42 days. Balancing the nature of accusation with the period of detention suffered by the petitioner we are inclined to grant bail to him.

3. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hooghly, subject to conditions that petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

Signed By :

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4. In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

5. The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.) Signed By :

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