Sanjoy Mukhi @ Sono v. State Of West Bengal

09.01.2024 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 37 of 2024 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jhargram Police Station Case No. 86 of 2021 dated 06.05.2021 under Sections 302/201 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Sanjoy Mukhi @ Sono .... Petitioner Mr. Amit Ranjan Pati Ms. Swastika Chowdhury ....for the petitioner Md. Anwar Hussain Ms. Baishakhi Chatterjee ...... for the State

1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits he is in custody for 973 days. It is also submitted that there is delay in trial. He prays for bail.

2. Learned Counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected in June, 2023. Trial has already commenced.

3. We have considered the materials on record. Allegations involve murder which would attract mandatory life imprisonment. Petitioner has criminal antecedents. Bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected earlier on merits. Thereafter trial has commenced. Accordingly, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

4. The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

5. Trial court is requested to conduct the trial with utmost expedition and conclude the same at an early date. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)