Sk Alauddin @ Alauddin Mallick @ Ala v. State Of West Bengal

21.09.2023 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 3581 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Khanakul Police Station Case No. 407 of 2021 dated 13.10.2021 under Sections 302/120B of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Sk. Alauddin @ Alauddin Mallick @ Ala .... petitioner Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Mr. Golam Mohiuddin Md. Nazar Chowdhury Ms. Puja Mndal Ms. Sompurna Chatterjee Mr. M. Salik ....for the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Sandip Chakraborty .... for the State

1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits he is in custody for more than two years. It is also submitted there is slow progress in trial. He renews his bail prayer.

2. Learned Counsel for the State submits report. Report shows five witnesses have been examined.

3. We have considered the materials on record. Bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected earlier on merits. Thereafter trial has proceeded with reasonable speed and five witnesses have already been examined. Offence, if proved, would attract mandatory life imprisonment. Under such circumstances and in view of gravity of the offence we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

4. The application for bail is, thus, rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)