Subodh Pal @ Paul v. The State Of West Bengal

19.01.2024 sdas allowed CRM(DB) No. 4663 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Swarup Nagar Police Station Case No. 691 of 2023 dated 13.11.2023 under Section 14A(b) of the Foreigners Act read with Section 12 of the Passport Act.

And In Re : Subodh Pal @ Paul ...... petitioner Mr. Prantick Ghosh Mr. Siddhartha Sarkar Mr. Prasad Bhattacharyya ....for the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Ms. Pritha Paul .... for the State

1. Report submitted by the learned Counsel for the State is placed on record.

2. It appears from the report Voter's Identity Card of the petitioner is genuine. Under such circumstances and in view of nature of allegation, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

3. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bashirhat, North 24-Parganas, subject to condition that petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

4. In the event petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without any justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

5. The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)