Pradip Kumar Betal v. State Of West Bengal

18.07.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 2360 of 2022 sl no. 43 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Pursurah P.S Case no. 74 of 2022 dated 19.5.2022 under sections 379/411/412/413/414/120B IPC read with section 7(i)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act And Allowed In Re : Pradip Kumar Betal ........ petitioner Mr. N S Ghosh Mr. S Mukherjee Ms. S Chatterjee Mr. S Mondal ...... for the petitioner Mr. R D Nandy Ms. Sreeparna Das ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 54 days. It is submitted coaccused has been enlarged on bail. Incriminating articles have been recovered.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Having considered the materials on record and bearing in mind the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime and as incriminating articles have been recovered, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Arambagh, Hooghly on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 2360 of 2022 is disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)