Khurshid v. State Of West Bengal

02.07.2026 Sl. No.41 Court No.7 Susanta CALCUTTA HIGH COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (M) 117 of 2026 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita filed in connection with Pradhannagar Police Station Case No.420 of 2025 dated 19.06.2025 under Section 309(4) of the BNS 2023.

In Re : Khurshid.

... Petitioner.

Mr. Arunava Paul ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. Avrojyoti Das, Ld. APP Mr. Gobinda Ghosh ... for the State.

1. The petitioner seeks bail on the ground of parity.

2. Two other co-accused of the subject case have been granted bail.

3. It has been submitted that the investigation is over and chargesheet has been filed. There is no requirement to keep the petitioner in custody. The petitioner is agreeable to follow all the conditions that may be imposed upon him at the time of granting bail.

4. Prayer for bail has been opposed by the learned APP. He relies upon the case diary and submits that the petitioner is the kingpin of the gang involved with robbery of bank ATMs. Gas cylinder and gas cutter was recovered from the petitioner. It is a crime against the nation.

5. On perusal of the documents annexed to the application and particularly the order dated 6th January, 2026 in CRM (M) 342 of 2025 and the order dated 18th February, 2026 in CRM (M) 13 of 2026, it appears that the petitioner and the other two coaccused more or less stand on the same footing. The other two accused have been granted bail on conditions. The investigation is over. Charge-sheet has been filed and charge has also been framed. At this stage, there may not be any requirement of custodial interrogation. The trial will take some time to conclude.

6. As such, the prayer for grant of bail of the petitioner is allowed.

7. The petitioner, viz. Khurshid is released on bail of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri, subject to the following conditions:

(a) The petitioner shall appear before the learned Trial Court on every date of hearing until further order.

(b) The petitioner shall report to the I.O. once in a week or as and when called for.

(c) The petitioner shall not threaten, tamper or intimidate the complainant or members of the family in any manner whatsoever or commit similar offence in future. (d) The petitioner shall furnish the address where he is currently residing before the learned trial court and he shall not leave the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station without taking the leave of the Court or until further order.

8. In case the petitioner violates any of the above conditions, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail without further reference to this Court.

9. Accordingly, CRM (M) 117 of 2026 is allowed.

10. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

11. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)