Bijoy Das v. State Of West Bengal

15.07.2022 Item No.25 Court No.28 CHC Rejected CRM (DB) 2326 of 2022 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Ranaghat Police Station Case No.08 of 2015 dated 06.01.2015 under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Bijoy Das ... ... Petitioner Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, Advocate Mr. Kaushik Dey, Advocate Mr. Debapriya Majumder, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioner is in custody for 7 years 6 months 10 days. There is slow progress in the trial.

Learned advocate for the State submits that date has been fixed for recording remaining prosecution witnesses on and from 9th September, 2022.

We have considered the materials on record including the evidence led on behalf of the prosecution. The aforesaid materials implicate the petitioner in the murder. We are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

We request the trial court to conclude the trial at the earliest preferably within six months from the next date fixed for the purpose without granting any unnecessary adjournment. The application for bail, is, thus, rejected. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)