Soumen Pui @ Soumen Pai v. State Of West Bengal

30.11.2022 sdas rejected C.R.M. (DB) No. 4220 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kotwali Police Station Case No. 513 of 2010 dated 10.07.2010 under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Soumen Pui @ Soumen Pai ..... petitioner Mr. Pratip Kumar Chatterjee Mr. Anindya Sunder Chatterjee ... for the petitioner Mr. Binay Panda Mr. Subham Bhakat ... for the State Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits he is in custody for 153 days. He prays for bail. Learned Counsel appearing for the State opposes prayer for bail and submits petitioner had absconded for a decade. We have considered the materials on record. In view of the protracted period of abscondance of the petitioner, we are not inclined to grant bail to him.

The application for bail is, thus, rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)