Shaktipada Majhi @ Saktipada Majhi v. State Of West Bengal

08.07.2022 as/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 2168 of 2022 sl no. 20 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Pathar Pratima PS case no. 185/2018 dated 1.9.2018 under sections 376(2)(i)/313 IPC and section 6 of the POCSO Act And In Re : Shaktipada Majhi @ Saktipada Majhi ........ petitioner Mr. S K Mondal ...... for the petitioner Mr. Saibal Mandal Ms. Sujata Das Mr. Soumik Ganguly ...... for the State We have considered materials on record. Statement of minor victim shows she was detained and raped by the petitioner. She became pregnant. Prayer for bail was rejected in April 2022. Trial is in progress.

In view of the aforesaid incriminating facts and gravity of the offence, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)