Santanu Das @ Biki v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

25.11.2025 Serial no. 126 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 1962 of 2025 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Special Case No. 141 of 2024 arising out of Ashoknagar Police Station Case No. 526 of 2024 dated 16.09.2024 u/s 351(2) of the BNS and Section 06 of the POCSO Act.

-AndIn the matter of : Santanu Das @ Biki ... ... Petitioner(s) Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. S. S. Saha ... for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Santanu Deb Roy ... for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for one year two months and only one witness (who has been examined in part) out of the proposed 13 witnesses in the charge-sheet.

Learned advocate for the State is present. Learned advocate for the State is directed to give necessary instructions so that the present witnesses and thereafter the examination of the victim girl is over within a period of 60 days from the next date so fixed by the learned trial court. At this stage, having considered the overall circumstances, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail.

Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected.

No unnecessary adjournment be granted to any of the parties and the trial of the case would continue inspite of any resolution of the local Bar.

Learned advocate for the State would communicate this order to the learned trial court.

Accordingly, CRM(M) 1962 of 2025 is dismissed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon'ble High Court, Calcutta.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)