Narej Sk v. State Of West Bengal

September 19, 2025 17 ARDR (Allowed) CRM (M) 1492 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kandi Police Station Case No. 201 of 2024 dated 23/4/2024 under Sections 489B/489C of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re :

Narej Sk.

... Petitioner.

Adv. Kallol Kumar Basu, Adv. Jannat ul Firdous, Adv. Rajsekhar Hota, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Debasish Roy, Ld. PP, Adv. Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Adv. Ashok Das, ... for the State.

Memo of evidence submitted by the State is taken on record. The petitioner is in custody for more than one year and renews his prayer for bail on the ground of changed circumstances. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that only two witnesses remain to be examined. I have considered the material on record as well as the evidence before the learned trial Court. This Court is informed that the petitioner has as many as twenty criminal antecedents to his credit out of which he has been acquitted in seven cases and is on bail in other cases.

Considering the material on record, particularly the quality of evidence led before the learned trial Court, this Court is of the view that further detention of the petitioner is not required and he may be released on bail subject to stringent conditions. Accordingly, prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Narej Sk. 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, Kandi, Murshidabad subject to the condition that he shall remain within the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court and shall furnish the address where he shall henceforth reside before the learned trial Court, Investigating officer and the officer in charge of the concerned police station under whose jurisdiction he shall presently reside. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stated above 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.

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.)