Selim Halder v. State Of West Bengal

02.09.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Rejected C.R.M. (M) 1175 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Patuli Police Station Case No.150 of 2020 dated 25.07.2020 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Selim Halder ... Petitioner.

Mr. Arijit Bhusan Bagchi ... for the petitioner.

Ms. Subhashree Patel Ms. Nahid Ahmed ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for more than 5 years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is little progress in trial of the case and only 6 out of 27 witnesses have been examined so far. Evidence of the 7th witness is going on. Witnesses have not turned up before the learned trial Court.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. The petitioner has been implicated in murder of a person. He has been identified by the witnesses before the learned trial Court. He is in custody for more than 5 years. Offence, if proved, shall attract mandatory life imprisonment. Considering the gravity of the offence and prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

However, in view of the prolonged incarceration of the petitioner, the learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

The application for bail is thus 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.)