Hina Devi @ Hena v. State Of West Bengal

22.12.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.39 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2662 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Kulti Police Station Case No. 490 of 2025 dated 19.08.2025 under Sections 332/103/238/61(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (G.R. Case No. 2321 of 2025).

And In Re :

Hina Devi @ Hena ... Petitioner.

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

Mr. Anand Keshari, Mr. Tirupati Mukherjee ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 126 days and she has been implicated on the basis of accusations relating to conspiracy, if at all. Petitioner is aged about 52 years and is mother of five children as submitted by the learned advocate for the petitioner. Petitioner prays for bail on any stringent condition.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail, produces the case diary and draws the attention of the Court to the statement of different witnesses. It has also been submitted that many of the accused persons are absconding in the present case. Having considered the totality of the circumstances including the complicity of the present petitioner, I am of the

view that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted in the facts of the present case; further, there is no possibility of the trial commencing or concluding in near future. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Hina Devi @ Hena 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, Paschim Bardhaman.

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 Paschim Bardhaman without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.

Case diary be returned to learned advocate appearing for the State.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2662 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.)