Meena Projapati @ Munna Projapati v. State Of West Bengal

August 20, 2025 56 ARDR (Allowed) CRM (M) 1125 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 385 dated 12/11/2024 under Sections 118(2)/109/61(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023 read with Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act.

And In Re :

Meena Projapati alias Munna Projapati ... Petitioner.

Adv. Subir Ganguly, Adv. Sumanta Ganguly, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Baisali Basu, Adv. Nirupam Dhali, ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for about 9 months and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not involved in the alleged incident and the only allegation against him is that he concealed the firearm used by the principal accused in the incident. The principal accused is in custody. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. It appears that the petitioner has not been named by any of the witnesses in their statements recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. His presence at the place of occurrence at the relevant point of time is also prima facie not found. The only allegation against him is that he concealed the firearm made over to him by the principal accused and the same was recovered at the instance of the petitioner and the principal accused jointly.

The petitioner is in custody for about nine months. Charge sheet has been submitted. Material available in the Case Diary does not justify further detention of the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Meena Projapati alias Munna Projapati be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Serampore, Hooghly subject to the condition that he shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing. He shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

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

The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)