Sanjay Halder @ Sanjoy Halder v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

19.07.2023.

23.

Ct.No.28 as (Rejected) C.R.M. (DB) 2857 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Mandir Bazar P. S. Case No.115 of 2023 dated 11.03.2023 under Sections 376(2)(n)/376(AB) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6(1) of the POCSO Act.

In the matter of : Sanjay Halder @ Sanjoy Halder. ... Petitioner.

Mr. K. P. Mukherjee.

...for the Petitioner.

Ms. Zareen N. Khan, Mr. Asif Dewan.

...for the State.

Petitioner submits he is in custody for 103 days. He submits investigation is complete. He prays for bail. Learned Advocate for the State submits victim is a eight year old girl and had been ravished.

We have considered the materials on record including the statement of the victim. She has implicated the petitioner in the offence.

Keeping in mind the gravity of the offence and the incriminating materials on record, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)