Umesh Hazra v. State Of West Bengal

17.11.2025 Serial no. 38 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 2298 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 SC Case No. 07(04)/2022 arising out of Taherpur Police Station Case No. 13 of 2022 dated 10.01.2022 under sections 448/325/326/307/392 of the Cr.P.C. read with sections 412/413 of the IPC corresponding to GR Case No. 1156 of 2022.

-AndIn the matter of : Umesh Hazra ... ... Petitioner(s) Ms. Minoti Gomes ... for the Petitioner(s) Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharyya Mr. Asok Das ... for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than three and half years and there is no possibility of the trial being concluded as only two witnesses have been examined out of the 27 witnesses cited by the prosecution.

Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that overwhelming materials are appearing against the present petitioner.

I have perused the Case Diary and find that there are materials obviously against the petitioner. However, the petitioner is in custody for more than three and half years and there is no possibility of the trial being concluded very soon.

Having considered the overall facts, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

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

Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Umesh Hazra shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Ranaghat. If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned court. The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of District Nadia without prior permission of the trial court. In case, there is any violation of the aforesaid conditions, the trial court would be at liberty to cancel the bail without further reference to this court. Accordingly, CRM(M) 2298 of 2025 is allowed.

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.)