Sanju Hela v. State Of West Bengal

08.11.2024 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 3583 of 2024 sl no. 79 In Re : An application for bail under section 483 of the BNSS 2023 in connection with Howrah Women P.S case no. 22 of 2024 dated 28.5.2024 under section 324/327/323 IPC read with section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act And Allowed In Re : Sanju Hela ... petitioner Mr. Ashok Das Mr. Sourav Mukherjee Ms. Hasi Jana ...... for the petitioner Ms. Sujata Das Mr. Asif Dewan ...... for the State Mr. Sujoy Sarkar Ms. Sneha Srivastava ...... for the de facto complainant 1.

Petitioner is in custody for 160 days. Investigation is complete. He prays for bail.

2.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the bail prayer. 3.

Learned lawyer for the de facto complainant also opposes the bail prayer.

4.

We have considered the materials on record. Although conduct of the petitioner is not appreciable, keeping in mind the period of detention and bleak possibility of trial concluding in near future, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 5.

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 CJM Howrah Nadia 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.

Signed By :

TAMAL KRISHNA MANDAL High Court of Calcutta 13 th of November 2024 11:55:32 AM

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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. 7.

The application being CRM (DB) 3583 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.) Signed By :

TAMAL KRISHNA MANDAL High Court of Calcutta 13 th of November 2024 11:55:32 AM