Mamata Pradhan v. State Of West Bengal

29.10.2025 SL No.13 Court No.446 (gc) (Allowed) CRM (M) 1713 of 2025 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Sankrail Police Station Case No.317 of 2022 dated 21.03.2022 under Section 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of : Mamata Pradhan - Petitioner.

Mr. Asit Nayek ....For the Petitioner.

Mr. Md. Anowar Hossain, Mr. Nirupam Dhali ....For the State.

1.

Heard the submission of both the learned Advocates. 2.

The prayer of the petitioner was turned down in the month of July, 2024. There is a substantial delay in completion of investigation was at the instance of the present petitioner who remained absconder for a long period of time. However at present the charge-sheet has been submitted. The trial has commenced and the date is fixed for adducing prosecution witness. The petitioner is languishing in judicial custody for more than one year.

3.

On careful perusal of the materials on record, the case diary and after hearing the learned Advocates for both the parties and the extent of complicity of the present petitioner who is a lady,in this case, this Court is of the view that further detention is not necessary.

4.

Hence, the prayer for bail is allowed.

5.

Accordingly, the petitioner, namely, Mamata Pradhan, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah. 6.

The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on each and every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

7.

In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions stipulated above, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

8.

The application for bail is, thus, disposed of. 9.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 10.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.)