Suraj Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

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20.02.2025.

Court No.26 (Pritam) (Allowed)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (DB) 4067 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arising out of Arambagh Police Station Case No.329/2022 dated 14.11.2022 under Sections 302/201/120B of the IPC, 1860.

And In the matter of: - Suraj Mondal.

...petitioner.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya ...for the State.

1. Petitioner claims parity with the co-accused, who was enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate bench on February 14, 2025 in CRM (DB) 111 of 2025.

2. Material placed on record does not contradict such claim.

3. In such circumstances, on the ground of parity, we grant bail to the petitioner.

4. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner, namely, Suraj Mondal shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Arambagh, Hooghly. The petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on each and every

date of substantive hearing subject to the provisions of Section 317 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 355 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

5. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions stipulated above, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail in accordance with law without further reference to this court.

6. The application for bail being CRM (DB) 4067 of 2024 is, thus, disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)