Palash Bhumij v. State Of West Bengal

September 16, 2025 40 ARDR (Rejected) CRM (M) 1396 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Tarakeswar Police Station Case No. 137 of 2018 dated 18/7/2018 under Sections 498A/302/304(B)/406/34/326/307/ 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re :

Palash Bhumij ... petitioner.

Adv. Suman Chakraborty, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Avishek Sinha, Adv. Sarthak Mondal, ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than seven years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. It is a fact that the petitioner is in custody for a considerable period of time. However, witnesses have implicated him as the person who has burnt his wife to death. This Court is informed that twenty-two out of twenty-seven witnesses have been examined so far. Offence, if proved, shall attract mandatory life imprisonment. Considering the material available on record implicating the petitioner in the alleged crime, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

In view of the period of incarceration suffered by the petitioner, the learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)