Swarup Pujari v. State Of West Bengal

20.12.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 4468 of 2022 sl no. 43 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chandrakona P.S case no. 344 of 2022 dated 22.8.2022 under sections 448/341/323/326/307/354/506/509 IPC And Allowed In Re : Swarup Pujari ...... petitioner Mr. A Karmakar Mr. A K Bhowmick ...... for the petitioner Ms. Z N Khan Mr. Asif Dewan ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 117 days. It is submitted investigation is complete.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered materials on record including the injury report. Investigation is complete. Balancing the nature of accusation with the period of detention suffered by the petitioner, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 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 ACJM, Ghatal 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. 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. The application being CRM (DB) 4468 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)