Sefali Sarkar v. State Of West Bengal

15.09.2021 Item no.14 Aloke Through Video Conference Ct. No.29 C.R.M. 5956 of 2021 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 03.09.2021 in connection with Swarupnagar P.S. Case No. 532 of 2021 dated 05.06.2021 under Sections 366A/370/372/376(3) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4/6/17 of the POCSO Act. And In the matter of : Sefali Sarkar ... Petitioner Mr. Rommel Khan, Advocate ... for the Petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, ld. PP Mr. Partha Pratim Das, Advocate Ms. Manasi Roy, Advocate ... for the State Petitioner seeks bail.

Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 90 days. The police submitted charge-sheet and, therefore, further detention of the petitioner is not required. He submits that the petitioner was named by the co-accused.

Learned Advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the case diary and particularly to the statement recorded under Section 161 and 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the victim girl. He submits that there are materials available to the police to substantiate that the petitioner is involved in the crime.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the materials in the case diary, we are unable to grant bail to the petitioner. C.R.M. 5956 of 2021 is dismissed.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Ananda Kumar Mukherjee, J.)