Bishaka Adhikari v. The Stateof West Bengal

February 13, 2026 50 ARDR Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (M) 14 of 2026 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Bhaktinagar Police Station case no. 924 of 2024 dated 8/10/2024 under Sections 103(1)/238/61(2) of the BNS, 2023.

And In Re :

Bishaka Adhikari ... Petitioner Adv. Saikat Chatterjee, Adv. Purbasha Sarkar, Adv. Tathagata Banerjee, Adv. Sanami Brahma Roy, Adv. Purba Chakraborty, ... for the Petitioner.

Adv. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, Adv. Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, Adv. Chattu Roy, ...for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than a year and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the co accused have been granted bail. Out of 40 witnesses, only one witness has been examined so far. Her further detention is not required. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. I have considered the material on record.

The case is based on circumstantial evidence. Co accused have been released on bail. Trial is in progress. In view of number of witness proposed to be examined by the prosecution, there is remote possibility of trial being concluded in near future. Her further

detention is not required. She may be released on bail subject to stringent conditions.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Bishaka Adhikari be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom should be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Jalpaiguri subject to condition that she remain within the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court and shall furnish the address where she shall presently reside before the learned trial Court, Investigating officer and the Officer in charge of the police station under who jurisdiction she shall henceforth reside. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions as stated above without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel her bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

CRM (M) 14 of 2026 is thus disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties, upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)