Bhagbat Pal @ Bapi @ Bhagabath Pal v. State Of West Bengal

21.12.2023 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 4726 of 2023 sl no. 98 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Nandakumar PS case no. 202/23 dated 7.6.2023 under sections 447/323/307/302/34 IPC And In Re : Bhagbat Pal @ Bapi @ Bhagabath Pal ........ petitioner Mr A K Samanta ...... for the petitioner Mr. Swapan Banerjee Ms. Ratna Ghosh ...... for the State Md. Wasim Akram ...... for the de facto complainant

1. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there was matrimonial discord between the parties. He has been falsely implicated. He prays for bail.

2. Learned lawyer for the State opposes the bail prayer.

3. Learned lawyer for the de facto complainant also opposes the bail prayer.

4. We have considered the material on record. Statements of witnesses show husband and other in-laws came to the parental house of the wife. Petitioner and others held his wife. Her mother in law drowned the child.

5. In view of the aforesaid facts implicating the petitioner in the offence we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

6. Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)