Sk. Jahangir v. State Of West Bengal

17.11.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 4010 of 2022 sl no. 25 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Manikchak P.S case no. 419 of 2022 dated 6.8.2022 under section 506 of the IPC and section 10 of the POCSO Act and Allowed In Re : Sk. Jahangir ...... petitioner Mr. A Karmakar Mr. A K Bhowmick ...... for the petitioner Mr. Shiladitya Banerjee ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 100 days. It is submitted investigation is complete. He renews his prayer for bail. Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record. Keeping in mind the period of detention suffered by the petitioner and as investigation is complete, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner 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 Judge, Special Court under POCSO Act, Malda on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

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In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM (DB) 4010 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)