Sk Sahid v. State Of West Bengal

20.09.2022 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 3172 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Sagar Police Station Case No. 136 of 2020 dated 07.09.2020 under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and under Section 376(3) of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Sk. Sahid ..... petitioner Mr. Sourav Chatterjee Mr. Ahtulya Sinha Ms. Amrita Maji ... for the petitioner Mr. Prasun Kumar Datta, learned A.P.P.

Mr. Santanu Deb Roy ... for the State Supplementary affidavit filed in Court be kept on record. Petitioner renews his prayer for bail.

Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits he is in custody for 580 days.

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

We have considered materials on record. Victim was a minor girl. Date has been fixed for recording evidence of the minor victim. In view of nature of allegation and the stage of the proceeding, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

The application for bail is, thus, rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)