Pintu Mandal v. State Of West Bengal

29.08.2022 Sl. No.36 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. (DB) 2902 of 2022 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 23.08.2022 in connection with Mothabari Police Station Case No. 84 of 2022 dated 02.03.2022 under Sections 498A/326/307/304B/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

And In Re: Pintu Mandal ... ... Petitioner Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmick ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee .. ld. Public Prosecutor Ms. Faria Hossain Mr. Anand Kesari ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for about 179 days.

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

We have considered the materials on record. Petitioner is the husband of the victim-housewife. She made a dying declaration implicating the petitioner in the murder. In view of the aforesaid incriminating materials and gravity of the offence, we are not inclined in granting bail to the petitioner at this stage. The application for bail is thus rejected.

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