Mrinal Adhikari v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

09.06.2025 Item no. 60.

Court No.2.

Kausik Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CRM (DB) 156 of 2025 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of : Mrinal Adhikari ......Petitioner.

Mr. Hillol Saha Podder ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Saikat Chatterjee Mr. Chattu Roy ....for the State.

Affidavit of service so filed be kept with the record.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since he surrendered on 30.09.2024. Learned advocate submits there was a relationship between the petitioner and the victim and as a consequence of which both of them fled away. However, the instant case has been registered at the instance of the father of the victim girl.

Learned advocate for the State has drawn the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim under

section 183 of the BNSS as well as the medical documents. It has also been submitted that the evidence of the case is in progress.

I have considered the submissions of the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner as well as that of the State and having considered the statement of the victim to the extent that the present petitioner is married and is having children, I am of the view that the accusations so made against the petitioner do not support the contentions advanced before this Court relating to his innocence. Consequently, the prayer of the petitioner for bail being CRM (DB) 156 of 2025 is rejected.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)