Mahidul Biswas v. The State Of West Bengal

28.10.2025 SL No.11 Court No.446 (gc) CRM (M) 1682 of 2025 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Berhampore Police Station Case No.1828 of 2023 dated 21.12.2023 under Section 489B/489C of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of : Mahidul Biswas - Petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Mr. Anisur Rahman, Ms. Ankusha Ghosh ....For the Petitioner.

Mr. Iqbal Kabir, Mr. Debarshi Brahma ... For the State.

1.

The charge is under Section 489B and 489C of the Indian Penal Code and 196 pieces of fake Indian currency of the denomination of Rs.500/- each were allegedly recovered from the custody of the petitioner.

2.

The learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that before this Court the prosecution submitted that three more witnesses are to be examined and that shall be completed within a very short period of time but when the prayer of this petitioner was turned down by the learned trial Court on 4th August, 2025, the prosecution before the Court submitted that five more witnesses are to be examined. It is further submitted that no progress has been made so far the trial is concerned and he is behind the bar for 1 year 10 months. 3.

The learned prosecutor on the other hand raises objection and submits a status report which prima facie shows that on two

occasions, the matter could not be proceeded with because of transfer of P.O. and fact remains that five witnesses have been examined and the P.W. 6 has been examined in part. The next schedule is fixed from 4th November, 2025. The present petitioner is found to be the sole accused.

4.

On perusal of the case diary the statements made by various witnesses, it is clear that the petitioner is involved with this business since long. Therefore, considering the antecedents and the incriminating materials found against him from the case diary, this Court is not inclined to allow the prayer of consideration of his detention.

5.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail stands rejected. 6.

The learned trial Court is hereby directed to comply with the direction of the Hon'ble Division Bench and to conclude the trial at an earliest without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

7.

All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.)