Ram Narayan Yadav @ Narayan @ Munna v. State Of West Bengal

16.02.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No. M/L.258 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2628 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Bagnan Police Station Case No. 285 of 2021 dated 09.06.2021 under Sections 379/511/427 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 15/16 of the Petroleum and Mineral Pipe Line (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 and under Sections 3/4 of the Protection of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 and under Sections 3/4 of Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (G.R. Case No. 1306 of 2021).

And In Re :

Ram Narayan Yadav @ Narayan @ Munna ... Petitioner.

Mr. Ayan Basu, Mr. Sk. Salim, Mr. Sumit Routh ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, APP, Mr. Rajesh Jana ... For the State.

Ms. Sharmistha Ghosh, Mr. Amit Ghosh ... For the IOCL.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 4 years 5 months. Out of 17 witnesses cited by the prosecution, only two witnesses have been examined till date.

Learned advocate appearing for the State is unable to refute the contention of the petitioner that only two witnesses have been examined in connection with the instant case.

Learned advocate appearing for the de facto complainant/IOCL submits that about 16 cases are pending against the present petitioner and the petitioner is associated with an organized racket.

Be that as it may, petitioner is in custody for a considerable period of time i.e. 4 years 5 months. There must be some progress in the trial to justify further detention of the petitioner. Having considered that so far as the present case is concerned, only two witnesses have been examined till date, I am of the view that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Ram Narayan Yadav @ Narayan @ Munna shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uluberia. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date so fixed by the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Howrah without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. List of cases submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the de facto complainant be kept with the record.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2628 of 2025, is, thus, disposed of.

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.)