Somnath Parua @ Piku v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

17.11.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 4017 of 2022 sl no. 31 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bhupatinagar P.S case no. 271 of 2022 dated 18.7.2022 under sections 363/365/34 of the IPC and added section 4 of the POCSO Act and section 9 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and Allowed In Re : Somnath Parua @ Piku ...... petitioner Mr. Arindam Jana Mr. A Sengupta ...... for the petitioners Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Sandip Chakraborty ...... for the State We have considered the materials on record. Statement of the victim girl recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C is exonerative in nature.

Under such circumstances, 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 Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court cum Judge, Special Court, Contai, Purba Medinipur 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) 4017 of 2022 is disposed of.

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