Chiranjit Santra v. State Of West Bengal

28.11.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.140 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Rejected C.R.M. (M) 2356 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Khanakul Police Station Case No. 438 of 2025 dated 20.06.2025 under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

And In Re : Chiranjit Santra ... Petitioner.

Mr. Tanmay Chowdhury, Ms. Sulagna Sarkar ... For the Petitioner.

Ms. Anasuya Sinha, APP, Mr. Tirthankar Dhali ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 157 days; investigation of the case has already been concluded and charge-sheet has been submitted before the jurisdictional court. According to the learned advocate for the petitioner, case has been committed to the court of sessions and next date has been fixed for consideration of charges.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and produces the case diary.

I have considered the materials appearing in the case diary and having considered the same, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail at this stage. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.

Case diary be returned to learned advocate appearing for the State.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2356 of 2025, is, thus, dismissed.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)