Manish Paswan v. The State Of West Bengal

18.09.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Allowed C.R.M. (M) 1471 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 2 of dated 01.01.2025 under Sections 126(2)/115(2)/117(2)/118(2)/109/324(4)/351(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

And In Re :

Manish Paswan ... Petitioner.

Mr. Apurba Kumar Datta Ms. Sreemoyee Mukherjee ... for the Petitioner.

Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharyya Mr. Rajesh Jana ... for the State.

Mr. Shounak Mondal Mr. Tamoghna Pramanik ...for the de facto complainant.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for more than 100 days and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 14 co accused are still absconding. There is little possibility of trial commencing in near future.

Learned counsel for the State and the de facto complainant oppose the prayer.

Learned counsel for the de facto complainant submits that the petitioner sustained injury in his eye, partially lost his vision and had to be treated at Hyderabad. Also, the de facto complainant has filed a narazi application before the learned trial Court which is pending.

I have considered the material on record. The injury report of the de facto complainant suggests facial fracture due to physical assault. The de facto complainant was

admitted in the hospital for a couple of days. The documents pertaining to his eye treatment are of May, 2025. The alleged incident occurred on 1st January, 2025. Charge sheet has been submitted. Most of the co accused are still absconding. Possibility of trial being commenced in near future is bleak. Further detention of the petitioner is not required. He may be released on bail subject to stringent conditions.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Manish Paswan be released on bail upon furnishing 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Paschim Bardhaman subject to condition that he shall remain outside the jurisdiction of Raniganj P.S. and shall furnish the address where he shall henceforth reside before the learned trial Court, investigating officer and the Officer in charge of the concerned P.S under whose jurisdiction he shall presently reside. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing fixed by the learned trial Court and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions as stated above without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The application for bail is thus disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)