Sohel Rana v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT 06.06.2023 AT JALPAIGURI Court No.01 Item No. 71 Rejected sg CRM (A) 243 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Dinhata Women Police Station Case No. 23 of 2023 dated 13.03.2023 under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code read with section 8/12 of the POCSO Act And In Re: Sohel Rana Petitioner Mr. Sudip Guha For the Petitioner Mr. Nilay Chakraborty Mr. Dhiman Sil For the State This is an application for anticipatory bail. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the instance case.

The learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and draws our attention to the statement of the minor recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Considering the materials available in the case diary and more particularly, the statement of the minor recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure directly implicating the petitioner, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. CRM (A) 243 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of.

All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Raja Basu Chowdhury, J) (Soumen Sen, J)