Jiten Mandal v. State Of West Bengal

12.08.2022 Sl. No.19 akd [ALLOWED] C. R. M. (DB) 2716 of 2022 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 04.08.2022 in connection with Ratua Police Station Case No.69 of dated 17.02.2022 under Sections 498A/302/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. (G.R. Case No.352 of 2022) And In Re: Jiten Mandal ... ... Petitioner Ms. Minoti Gomes Mr. Imadul Hoque ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee .. ld. Public Prosecutor Mr. Parthapratim Das Mrs. Manasi Roy ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for about 182 days.

Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

We have considered the materials on record. Investigation is complete. Balancing the nature of accusation with the period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as there is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future, we are of the opinion further detention of the accused/petitioner is not necessary.

Therefore, the accused/petitioner, namely Jiten Mandal, be released on bail upon furnishing a 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, Chanchal, Malda subject to condition that the said petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further

orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application for bail, thus, stands allowed. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)