Md Aftab Khan v. State Of West Bengal

02.01.2023 Serial no. 62 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) (Rejected) CRM (A) 6031 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Belur Police Station Case No. 151 of 2022 dated 05.07.2022 under Sections 376(2)(1)(n)/387/506 of IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act. Special TR No. 93/2022.

-AndIn the matter of : Md. Aftab Khan ... ...Petitioner Mr. Palash Mukherjee, Mr. Pinak Mitra, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Sudip Ghosh, Mr. Bitasok Banerjee, Advocates ... ...For the State The victim in her statement recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code squarely implicates the petitioner. Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we are unable to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. CRM (A) 6031 of 2022 is dismissed.

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