Minarul Sekh v. The State Of West Bengal

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18.09.2024 Court No.28 (Tanmoy) Rejected

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (DB) 2390 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of: - Minarul Sekh ...petitioner.

Mr. Bitasok Banerjee ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Aritra Bhattacharya ...for the State.

Dictated by Arijit Banerjee, J.

1. We are told that charge was framed on September 10, 2024. There are nine charge-sheet named witnesses. The petitioner is in custody for about nine months.

2. Considering the prima facie complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence, we are not inclined to allow his prayer for bail, at this stage.

3. The application being CRM (DB) 2390 of 2024 is accordingly dismissed.

4. However, since the petitioner is in incarceration for quite some time, we request the learned Trial Court to expedite the trial to the fullest extent possible and conclude the same by delivery of judgment as soon as possible but positively within four months from the next date fixed for recording of evidence.

5. This order shall be immediately communicated by the parties to the learned Trial Court.

(Apurba Sinha Ray, J.) (Arijit Banerjee, J.) Signed By :

TANMOY GHOSH High Court of Calcutta 19 th of September 2024 06:14:03 PM