Rahul Chowdhury v. State Of West Bengal

CRM No.11085 of 2020 In re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed in connection with Tapan Police Station Case No.229 of 2020 dated 27.07.2020 under Sections 498A/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4/6 of POCSO Act, 2012; And In re: Rahul Chowdhury ... petitioner.

12.02.21 (S.R.) Sl.25 Ct.28 Mr. Kaushik Chaudhury Ms. Bursa Khatun ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Ld.PP Mr. Partha Pratim Das Ms. Manasi Roy ...for the State.

Ms. Khatun, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are unfounded. Upon completion of investigation charge sheet has also been filed and as such further detention of the petitioner, who is in custody for 198 (one hundred ninety eight) days, is not necessary.

Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the petitioner's prayer and draws our attention to several documents in the case diary including the post-mortem report.

Having heard the learned advocates and considering the materials in the case diary, the gravity of the offence and the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence, we are not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail, at this stage. The application for bail being CRM No.11085 of 2020 is, thus, dismissed.

All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) (Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.)