Calcutta High CourtCRM(M)/67/2026allowed

Pritam Chakraborty And ANR v. The State Of West Bengal

2026-03-19Hon'Ble Justice Debangsu Basak3 pages

19.03.2026 Item No.18 Court No.7 CHC (Allowed) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side C.R.M.(M) 67 of 2026 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Siliguri (T) GRPS Case No.01/2026 dated 09.01.2026 under Section 85/108/3(5) of BNS, 2023.

And In the matter of : Pritam Chakraborty & Anr.

...... petitioners Mr. Jaydeep Kanta Bhowmik, Advocate Mr. Sayantan Bhowmik, Advocate Mr. Shubham Kumar, Advocate Ms. Jasmin Haque, Advocate Ms. Nipa Das, Advocate ...for the petitioners Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, Ld. A.P.P Mr. Subhasish Misra, Advocate ...for the State

1. Petitioners pray for bail.

2. Police complaint was lodged on January 9, 2026 in respect of a death occurring on September 26, 2025.

3. Petitioners are in custody in excess of 68 days.

4. Post Mortem Report suggests that, the death was due to the effects of decapitation injury, ante-mortem in nature. Written complaint to the police claims that that, the

victim committed suicide by falling in front of a running train.

5. Police complaint also speaks of the victim being tortured by the petitioners at the in-laws house of the victim.

6. As noted above, there is a delay in excess of three months in lodging the police complaint. Issue as to whether, the petitioners were involved in abetting the commission of the suicide by the victim may be decided at the trial.

7. Materials in the case diary do not suggest retaining the petitioners in custody any further.

8. In such circumstances, bail is granted to the petitioner.

9. Accordingly, I direct that the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri, subject to condition that the petitioners shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

10. In the event petitioners fail to appear before the trial court without any justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

11. The application for prayer for bail is allowed.

12. CRM(M) 67 of 2026 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.)