Rohit Chowdhury v. State Of West Bengal

24.11.2021 Serial no. 644 Dd (Through Video Conference) CRM 4968 of 2021 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. 119 of 2020 dated 04.02.2020 under Sections 395/397/412 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Rohit Chowdhury ... ...Petitioner Mr. Amitabha Karmakar, Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmick, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Swapan Banerjee, Mr. Suman De, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioner seeks bail on the ground of parity with the other co-accused who was granted bail on September 18, 2020 in CRM 6769 of 2020.

Heard learned advocate appearing for the State. Considering the materials in the case diary and considering the fact that the petitioner can justifiably claim parity with the other co-accused who were granted bail on September 18, 2020 in CRM 6769 of 2020, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and

shall not intimidate witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event, the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without any justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The prayer for bail is allowed.

CRM 4968 of 2021 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)