Jiten Mahato v. State Of West Bengal

24.06.2022 sdas allowed CRM(DB) 1976 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Purulia (M) Police Station Case No. 02 of 2022 dated 05.01.2022 under Sections 341/447/354B/376/506 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Jiten Mahato ...... petitioner Mr. Pawan Kumar Gupta Mr. Sougata Mitra Mr. Rameshwar Sinha Ms. Sofia Nesar Ms. Ankita Dey Mr. Santanu Seth .....for the petitioner Mr. Narayan Prasad Agarwala Ms. Subhasree Patel ..... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 165 days.

Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case. Learned Counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

We have considered the materials on record. Keeping in mind the facts and circumstances of the case, period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as investigation is complete, 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, Purulia, subject to the 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 application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)