Indrajit Bairagi v. State Of West Bengal

17.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1861 of 2022 sl no. 79 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Santipur P.S Case no. 288 of 2021 dated 16.5.2021 under sections 363/365/34 IPC and section 4 of the POCSO Act And Allowed In Re : Indrajit Bairagi ........ petitioner Mr. S Majumder ...... for the petitioner Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. S K Dan ...... for the State Liberty is given to amend the cause title.

It is submitted that there was a love affair between the two young persons.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that victim is a minor.

Having considered the materials on record and bearing in mind the nature of allegations in the light of the submission that there was a love affair between the parties and the victim had voluntarily accompanied the petitioner and in view of the period of detention suffered by the petitioner, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner 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 ACJM, Ranaghat, Nadia on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not

intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 1861 of 2022 is disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)