Muntaj Sk @ Mantaj @ Naru @ Nadu v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR.

04.07.2024 Item no. 63.

Court No.28.

AB (Allowed) CRM (DB) 2043 of 2024 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Nakashipara Police Station Case No.148 of 2024 Dated 15.2.2024 under Sections 376/323/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code And In the matter of : Muntaj Sk. @ Mantaj @ Naru @ Nadu ......Petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Mr. Amanul Islam, Mr. Sourav Mukherjee, Ms. Dhanasree Biswas, Ms. Poulami Bose ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Soumik Ganguly, Mr. Dipankar Mahata ......for the State.

The petitioner says that he has been framed. There is enmity between the petitioner and the family members of the victim lady, who is about 45 years old. The petitioner is about 22 years of age.

We have seen the material in the case diary. Although it cannot be said that there is no material against the petitioner, we find that charge sheet has been filed upon completion of investigation. Hence, further custodial detention of the petitioner may not be necessary.

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner, namely Muntaj Sk. @ Mantaj @ Naru @ Nadu 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 Signed By :

APURBA BANDYOPADHYAY High Court of Calcutta 5 th of July 2024 11:05:20 AM

the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagar, and on further conditions that he shall not enter the jurisdiction of Nakashipara Police Station except for attending the court proceedings and shall provide the address where he shall presently reside to the Officer in Charge of the concerned police station and shall meet the Officer in Charge of the concerned police station within whose jurisdiction he shall presently reside once in a fortnight until further orders.

The petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence and/or commit any cognizable offence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stipulated above without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the petitioner's bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Arijit Banerjee, J.) (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.)