Koushik Laha v. State Of West Bengal

11.12.2025 Serial no. 23 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 2629 of 2025 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Shakespeare Sarani Police Station Case No. 87 dt. 06.06.2025 u/s 120B/420/406 of the IPC, GR(s) No. 543 of 2025.

-AndIn the matter of : Koushik Laha ... Petitioner(s) Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee, Sr Adv.

Mr. Arnab Kr. Neogi Mr. Sandipan Mukherjee Mr. Anirban Saha Mr. Sujit chakraborty Mr. Sourav Samanta Mr. Ritam Dutta ... for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Joydeep Roy, Jr Govt. Adv.

Ms. Pritha Pal ... for the State-respondent(s) Mr. Sandipan Ganguly, Sr Adv.

Mr. Soumopriyo Chowdhury Mr. Kousik De Ms. Mohini Majumdar Mr. Raghav Munshi Mr. A. Chatterjee ... for the defacto - complainant Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that he petitioner was arrested on 17.10.2025 and, till date, he is in custody. Learned advocate also submits that there are other cases pending before the Commercial Court.

Additionally, it has been submitted that considering the detention of the present petitioner, he may be enlarged on bail.

Learned advocate for the defacto-complainant opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the defactocomplainant has suffered huge loss to the tune of Rs.7.26 crore.

Learned advocate for the State has produced the case diary and submits that State requires some more time to submit the report in final form/charge-sheet. I have taken into account the period of detention of the present petitioner and the statutory period for which the petitioner can be detained if the charge-sheet is not submitted.

Having considered the period of detention of the petitioner, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Koushik Laha shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Calcutta. If on bail, the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for a period of three months, thereafter, if the investigation is not concluded, the petitioner, if he intends to go outside the

jurisdiction of KMC, will seek permission from the learned CJM, Kolkata.

The petitioner shall also within the aforesaid period of three months meet with the Investigating Officer of the case twice a week until further orders of this court. Accordingly, CRM(M) 2629 of 2025 is allowed.

Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon'ble High Court, Calcutta.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)