Amrit Ram v. State Of West Bengal

D/L 34 08.12.2025 Bpg.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2578 of 2025 In Re: An application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Shantiniketan Police Station Case No.153 of 2023 dated 30.09.2023 under Sections 109/302/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860;

Amrit Ram

Versus

The State of West Bengal Md. Wasim Akram Ms. Sabrina Parveen Md. Sakil Ali.

...for the petitioner.

Ms. Rituparna Ghosh Mr. Debanik Das.

...for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working in an NGO engaged in rehabilitating the addicts. Petitioner has been implicated in the present case and is in custody for 2 years 2 months. It has been submitted that out of 24 witnesses, the examination of the second witness is in progress.

Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner is on a different footing than other accused persons who have been granted bail. There are three more vulnerable witnesses of the inmates of the said Rehabilitation Centre who need to be examined and, as such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner be dismissed at this stage.

I have considered the materials available in the case

diary, the period of detention of the present petitioner and the plea of the State regarding examination of the vulnerable witnesses particularly those who were inmates of the said Home at the relevant point of time when the deceased was unfortunately assaulted to death.

Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner, I am of the opinion that further custodial detention of the petitioner is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner, namely, Amrit Ram shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Bolepur, Birbhum. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the district of Birbhum without the prior permission of the learned trial court. Further, the petitioner shall not enter the Rehabilitation Centre till the trial of the case is over. Accordingly, CRM(M) 2578 of 2025 is allowed.

All 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 of all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)