Saifuddin Goldar v. State Of West Bengal

August 18, 2025 42 ARDR CRM (M) 1080 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with ECO Park Police Station Case No. 195 of 2024 dated 01/9/2024 under Sections 103/61(2) of the BNS, 2023.

And In Re :

Saifuddin Goldar ... Petitioner.

Adv. Anita Kaunda, Adv. Anubrata Dutta, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Ranadeb Sengupta, Adv. Srilekha Chattopadhyay, ...for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the case is based on circumstantial evidence. A dead body was found lying in a parking lot of a hotel. The petitioner has no nexus with the alleged incident. The principal accused has been granted bail. Opposing the prayer, learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner was hired by the principal accused to murder the victim and he in turn hired two other persons and three of them committed the murder. A local tea stall owner saw the petitioner and two others fleeing from the spot soon after the incident. The hotel was booked with the AADHAAR card of the petitioner. The petitioner has been identified by independent witness in T.I. Parade. His mobile phone has been seized and the tower location of the mobile phone indicates that he was present at the place of occurrence at the relevant time.

I have considered the material on record.

Learned counsel for the State has pointed out the material on record prima facie indicating the involvement of the petitioner in the alleged crime.

Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)