Buddheswar Mahata @ Budhyaswar Mahata And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

24.06.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Allowed C.R.M. (M) 627 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Salboni P.S. Case No.02 of 2018 dated 02.01.2018 under Sections 498A/304B/34 of the IPC read with Section 3 /4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. And In Re :Buddheswar Mahata @ Budhyaswar Mahata & Anr. ... Petitioners.

Mr. Navanil De Ms. S. Mazumder ... for the Petitioners.

Mr. P. K. Dutta Ms. Eshita Dutta ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioners were initially granted bail by the learned trial Court. They failed to appear before the learned trial Court on several occasions for which warrant of arrest was issued against them. The 1st petitioner surrendered before the learned trial Court on 28th February, 2025 and the 2nd petitioner surrendered on 30th March, 2025. They are in custody since then.

The petitioners undertake to appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing and co operate in trial of the case.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. In view of the undertaking given by the petitioners, their prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioners Buddheswar Mahata @ Budhyaswar Mahata & Sunil Mahata be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- each (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each,

with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Paschim Medinipur subject to condition that they shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing. They shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioners fail to appear before the learned trial Court on any date without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The application for bail is thus disposed of. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)