Prahallad Halder @Pollad v. State Of West Bengal

rkd 01.10.2020 Ct. No.08 (Allowed) C.R.M. 7241 of 2020 (IA NO:CRAN 1 of 2020) (Through Video Conference) In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Krishnaganj P.S. Case No.

of dated 18/07/2020 under Sections 498A/302/120B of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Prahallad Halder @ Pollad & Ors. ....petitioners.

Mr. P. Majumder ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, P.P., Mr. A. Mitra ...for the State.

Petitioners undertake to affirm and stamp the petition/application as per Rules within a month of resumption of normal functioning of the Court. Subject to such undertaking, the application is taken up for hearing through video conference. Accordingly, CRAN 1 of 2020 is disposed of.

Petitioners are in custody for 75 days. It is submitted that they are the in-laws of the victim housewife. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioners used to subject the victim housewife to torture as would appear from the statement of the minor daughter.

We have considered the materials on record. The allegation against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. Keeping in mind the aforesaid fact and in view of the period of detention suffered by the petitioners, we are inclined to grant bail to them.

Accordingly, the petitioners are directed to be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda subject to the condition that during bail they shall appear before the learned trial court regularly till disposal of the trial and they shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioners fail to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without any further reference to this Court. The application for bail is, thus, disposed of. (Shampa Sarkar, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)