Sukhen Karmakar v. State Of West Bengal

29.09.2022 dd/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 3403 of 2022 sl no. 87 (Rejected) In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Berhampore Police Station Case No. 213 of 2021 dated 03.03.2021 under sections 376AB of the IPC and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012. And In Re : Sukhen Karmakar ........ petitioner Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir, Ms. Rabia Khatoon ...... for the petitioner Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Mr. Sanjib Kr. Dan, ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 1 year and 6 months. He prays for bail.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record. The statement of the minor victim implicates the petitioner in the offence of penetrative sexual assault.

Under such circumstances, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)