Tarun Maity v. State Of West Bengal

20.11.2020 Item No. 22 Sdas Allowed C.R.M. 8894 of 2020 (via video conference) In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Sinthi Police Station Case No. 183 of 2013 dated 05.11.2013 under Sections 120B/395/397/412/75 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25(1B)(a)/27 of the Arms Act.

And In Re : Tarun Maity ...... petitioner Mr. Sandip Kundu Mr. Shibasis Chatterjee .....for the petitioner Mr. N. Ahmed, learned A.P.P.

Ms. Amita Gour ....for the State Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about seven years. It is also submitted that there is little possibility of trial concluding in the near future.

Learned Counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that petitioner has attributed to the delay. Having considered the materials on record and keeping in mind the facts and circumstances of the case and the protracted period of detention suffered by the petitioner i.e. about seven years and as the offences do not call for mandatory life imprisonment, we are of the opinion that petitioner may be granted bail, however, subject to strict conditions. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/- with

two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah, subject to the conditions that petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and on further condition that the petitioner, while on bail, shall not leave the jurisdiction of Sinthi Police Station until further orders except for the purpose of investigation and/or for attending Court proceedings and shall report to the Officer-in-Charge of the concerned police station once in a week until further orders. In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)