Calcutta High CourtCRM(M)/2647/2025allowed

Mantu Mandal v. The State Of West Bengal

2026-02-18Hon'Ble Justice Tirthankar Ghosh2 pages

18.02.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No. M/L.267 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2647 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 Baishnabnagar Police Station Case No. 927 of 2022 dated 23.10.2022 under Sections 449/341/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (G.R. Case No. 6701 of 2022). And In Re :

Mantu Mandal ... Petitioner.

Mr. Mazahar Hossain Chowdhury ... For the Petitioner.

Ms. Zareen N. Khan, Ms. Diksha Ghosh ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 2 years 8 months and till date, 7/8 witnesses have been examined. A copy of the deposition of the witnesses, who have been examined, has been placed before this Court.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there are overwhelming materials.

I have taken into account the evidence of the son and the daughter of the deceased, viz. Prasenjit Mandal being PW-4 and Rachana Mandal being PW-2. Having considered the same, 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., Mantu Mandal 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda.

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 Malda without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Report submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record.

Deposition of the witnesses submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner be also kept with the record.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2647 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.)