Ratan Kumar Shaw @ Babai v. State Of West Bengal

20.12.2023 Sl. No.32 akd [ALLOWED] C. R. M. (DB) 4012 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 09.10.2023 in connection with Bhadreswar Police Station Case No.526 of 2021 dated 06.12.2021 under Sections 420/406/506/467/468/120B of the Indian Penal Code. (G.R. Case No.1781 of 2021) And In Re: Ratan Kumar Shaw @ Babai ... ... Petitioner Mr. Arunava Ganguly ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Madhusudan Sur .. ld. Addl. Public Prosecutor Mr. Dipankar Paramanick ... ... for the State

1. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for about 132 days. Co-accused have been enlarged on bail. Investigation is complete. Accordingly, he prays for bail.

2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the prayer for bail.

3. We have considered the materials on record. Co-accused have been enlarged on bail. Investigation is complete. There is no chance of abscondence of the petitioner. Under such circumstances and in view of the period of detention suffered by him, we are of the opinion further detention of the accused/petitioner is not necessary.

4. Therefore, the accused/petitioner, namely Ratan Kumar Shaw @ Babai, be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandannagore, Hooghly subject to condition that the said petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not

intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

5. 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.

6. The application for bail, thus, stands allowed. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)