Kesmot @ Kesmat Sk v. State Of West Bengal

13.10.2022 Vacation Bench SL No.67 S.B/s.biswas C.R.M. (DB) 3600 of 2022 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bolpur P.S. Case No. 50/2022 dated 05.03.2022 under Sections 363/365 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4/8/12 of the POCSO Act. And In the matter of: Kesmot @ Kesmat Sk ....Petitioner Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Mr. Suman Sankar Chattopadhyay, Mr. Santanu Maji, Ms. Snigdha Saha, Ms. Trisha Rakshit ...for the Petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Mr. Subrato Roy ...for the State Petitioner is in custody for 185 days.

We have considered the materials on record including the statement of the minor victim recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Her statement shows that she was forcibly kidnapped and ravished by the petitioner. Under such circumstance, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

(Supratim Bhattacharya, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)