Rimi Mandal Pramanik v. State Of West Bengal

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28-10-2025 (ct. no.446) debajyoti (allowed) CRM (M) 1717 of 2025 In re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure/483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in connection with Talpati Ghat Coastal Police Station Case No.54 of 2025 dated 2804-2025 under Sections 80/85/103/238/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

- A n d - In the matter of : Smt. Rimi Mondal Pramanik .... Petitioner.

Mr. Saibal Mondal, Ms. Sonali Ghosh ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Sandip Chakraborty, Ms. Sima Biswas ... For the State.

Mr. Arkadyuti Pahari, Ms. Gargi Maity, Mr. Alik Mandi ... For the defacto complainant.

1. Submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner that she is the jaa of the deceased and is noway connected with this case. The petitioner is a housewife and aged about 21 years and is in custody since April, 2025.

2. Learned prosecution and the defacto complainant raises strong objection to the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

3. Perused the contents of the written complainant and the statements made by the witnesses under Sections 180 and 182 of the BNSS. It is not in dispute that the victim lady was not only killed, but the mode and manner prima facie manifest the heinous mindset of the accused persons.

4. On a careful perusal of the entire facts and circumstances of the case and the statements of witnesses, no specific overt act can be attributed so far as the present petitioner is concerned. Charge sheet has been submitted in this case but no charge has not yet been framed. Considering the period of detention and that the petitioner is a lady of 21 years, this Court is inclined to allow the prayer of the petitioner for bail on the following conditions. a) The petitioner, namely, Smt. Rimi Mondal Pramanik, shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Contai.

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

c) The petitioner will not leave the jurisdiction of the trial Court without taking leave of the trial Court.

5. 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.

6. The application for bail is, thus, allowed.

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

8. Criminal Section is directed to supply certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

[Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.]