Satyajit Das v. State Of West Bengal

07.06.2023 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 2159 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Pandua Police Station Case No. 35 of 2012 dated 22.02.2012 under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act. And In Re : Satyajit Das .... petitioner Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. Shashanka Shekhar Saha ....for the petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, learned APP Mrs. Sonali Das ...... for the State Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits he is in custody for more than six years. He prays for bail on the ground of delay.

Learned Counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits petitioner had absconded from 2012-17. We have considered the materials on record.

Abscondence of the petitioner had delayed the proceeding. Trial is in progress. In view of conduct of the petitioner we are of the opinion there is possibility of his abscondence if he is released on bail. Accordingly, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

Trial court is requested to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date preferably within one year from the next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)