Chittyoranjan Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

08.08.2023 Sl. No.67 akd [ALLOWED] C. R. M. (DB) 3124 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 28.07.2023 in connection with Dhantala Police Station Case No.11 of 2017 dated 05.01.2017 under Sections 498A/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re: Chittyoranjan Mondal ... ... Petitioner Ms. Minoti Gomes ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee .. ld. Addl. Public Prosecutor Mr. Santanu Chatterjee ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for about 120 days. Investigation is complete. Accordingly, he prays for bail.

Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record including the injury report. Injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Balancing the nature of accusation with the period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as there is no chance of his abscondence, we are of the opinion further detention of the accused/petitioner is not necessary. Therefore, the accused/petitioner, namely Chittyoranjan Mondal, 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, Ranaghat, Nadia 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. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)