Halima Khatoon v. State Of West Bengal

05.07.2023 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 1960 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Entally Police Station Case No. 385 of 2021 dated 27.11.2021 under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Halima Khatoon .... petitioner Mr. Milon Mukherjee, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir Ms. Rabia Khatoon Ms. Soma Mal Ms. June Modak ....for the petitioner Mrs. Zareen N. Khn Mr. Arup Sarkar ...... for the State We have heard the learned senior Counsel for the petitioner.

Learned Counsel for the State submits that the medical officer has been examined.

We have perused the evidence. As the trial has commenced we do not wish to interfere with the case on its own merits. Keeping in mind the matured stage of the proceeding and the protracted period of detention suffered by the petitioner, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date preferably within six months from the

next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)