Indrajit Pradhan v. The State Of West Bengal

25.07.2022.

21.

Ct.No.28.

as (Allowed) C.R.M. (DB) 2422 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Nandigram P. S. Case No.122 of 2021 dated 27.03.2021 under Sections 341/323/325/307/427/379/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and adding Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. In the matter of : Indrajit Pradhan.

.... Petitioner.

Mr. Rajdeem Majumder, Mr. Pritam Roy, Ms. Aishwarya Bazaz.

...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Swapan Banerjee, Mr. Anindya Sundar Chatterjee.

...for the State.

Heard the learned Counsels appearing on behalf of the parties.

Petitioner is in custody for about 160 days. He submits co-accuseds are on bail. It is also submitted he is not one of the assailants of the deceased.

Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail. He submits petitioner had absconded for a year. We have considered the materials on record. Co-accuseds have been enlarged on bail. Keeping in mind the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime and as coaccuseds are on bail, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner shall 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldia, Purba Medinipur subject to condition that he shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the Trial Court without any justifiable cause, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

This application for bail is, thus, disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay,J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)