Shankar Biswas @Sankar Biswas And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

24.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 2003 of 2022 sl no. 37 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Ranaghat P.S case no. 117 of 2022 dated 20.2.2022 under sections 448/323/376/511/354B/506/34 IPC And Allowed In Re : Shankar Biswas @ Sankar Biswas & Anr. ...... petitioners Ms. S Bhattacharyya ...... for the petitioner Mr. S S Imam Mr. R Jana ...... for the State Petitioners are in custody for about 40 days. It is submitted that there is delay in lodging FIR. Investigation is complete. Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Having considered materials on record and bearing in mind the nature of allegations in the light of the submission that that there is delay in lodging FIR and in view of the period of detention suffered by the petitioners and as investigation is complete, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each 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 petitioners 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 they fail to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 2003 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)