Gurupada Barik v. State Of West Bengal

D/L 41 18.11.2025 Bpg.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 1529 of 2025 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Nandigram Police Station Case No.06/2025 dated 04.01.2025 under Sections 85/103(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita read with 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act but charge-sheet submitted under Sections 85/103(1)/238(a)/61(2)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act;

Gurupada Barik

Versus

The State of West Bengal Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Avik Ghosh Ms. Ankusha Ghosh.

...for the petitioner.

Ms. Sreyashee Biswas Mr. Soumya Basu Roy Chowdhuri.

...for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than 10 months. The other accused persons being the husband and the sister-in-law are in custody. It has been submitted by the learned advocate that some of the accused persons are absconding and there is no possibility of the trial commencing very soon.

Learned advocate appearing for the State has produced the case diary and drawn the attention of the Court to the statements and/or materials appearing against the petitioner. Prima facie, I find that the petitioner is not a family member. The petitioner has been implicated on the basis of the statement of the husband of the deceased who is an accused. The

recovery which has been made in this case is after about 10 days of the incident.

Having regard to the period of detention of the petitioner and the materials which are appearing against him, I am of the view that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. The petitioner, namely, Gurupada Barik shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Haldia. If on bail, the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the ACJM, Haldia without the permission of the learned court in seisin of the case. The petitioner shall make himself physically available as and when called for by the local police station and provide his contact number to the local police station.

Accordingly, CRM (M) 1529 of 2025 is allowed. Case diary be returned to the learned advocate appearing for the State.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)