Souvik Das v. State Of West Bengal

28.09.2022.

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as (Allowed) C.R.M. (DB) 3278 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Shantipur P. S. Case No.581 of 2022 dated 10.06.2022 under Sections 498A/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

In the matter of : Souvik Das.

.... Petitioner.

Mrs. Minoti Gomes.

...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, ld. P.P., Mr. Aniket Mitra, Ms. Jonaki Saha.

...for the State.

Petitioner is in custody for 104 days. He prays for bail. Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

We have considered the materials on record. Allegation of torture are general and omnibus in nature. Investigation is complete. Balancing the nature of accusation with the period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as there is little possibility of the trial concluding in the near future, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia subject to condition that he shall appear before the trial

court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the Trial Court without any justifiable cause, the 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. (Ajay Kumar Gupta,J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)