Sujan Paik v. State Of West Bengal

17.08.2022 cm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 2748 of 2022 sl no. 16 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Gangasagar Coastal P.S. Case No. 30 of 2022 dated 03.04.2022 Sections 498A/406/304B/306/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Allowed In Re : Sujan Paik.

..... petitioner Mrs. Subhasree Patel Mr. Saikat Mondal ...... for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Ld. P.P.

Mr. Aniket Mitra ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 134 days. It is submitted investigation is complete.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record. Some of the statements of the witnesses are exonerative in nature so far as petitioner is concerned. Keeping in mind the aforesaid fact, period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as investigation is complete, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing 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 being CRM(DB) No. 2748 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)