Sanu Singh @Sonu Singh v. State Of West Bengal

05.06.2023 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 2081 of 2023 sl no.44 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Liluah PS case no. 356 of 2015 dated 25.11.2015 under sections 302/201 IPC read with sections 25(1B)(a)/27 of the Arms Act And In Re : Sanu Singh @ Sonu Singh ........ petitioner Mr. Ashok Das Mr. Sourav Mukherjee ...... for the petitioner Mr. R D Nandy Mr. Subroto Roy ...... for the State Petitioner submits he was enlarged on bail. Due to circumstance beyond his control he could not appear before the trial court and his bail was cancelled in 2019. He surrendered before the trial court in 2023 and was taken into custody. He prays for bail.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the bail prayer. He submits petitioner has criminal antecedents. He had absconded for three years. Trial is in progress.

We have considered the materials on record. Petitioner was enlarged on bail in 2016. Thereafter he absconded in 2019 and surrendered before the trial court in 2023.

In view of the aforesaid conduct of the petitioner and gravity of the offence we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)