Zohmangaih @ Zohmangaiha v. The State Of West Bengal

20.08.2024 Court No.1 SL No.13 pk/AP HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM(DB) 372 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kurseong P.S. Case No. 138 of 2022 dated 25.12.2022 under Section 10 of the POCSO Act read with Sections 448/376(2)(C)/511 of the IPC. And In the matter of: Zohmangaih @ Zohmangaiha ....Petitioner.

Mr. Subhasish Misra Mr. Satyajit Paul Mr. Bhojendra Bahadur Gharti ...For the Petitioner.

Mr. Kallol Acharjee Mr. Tapan Bhattacharjee ...For the State.

1.

The petitioner seeks bail on the ground that despite the last direction of a Coordinate Bench of this Court on 30th August, 2023 in CRM (DB) 489 of 2023 the trial has not been completed within six months from the said date. Six months expired in February 2024.

2.

It is submitted by the counsel for the State that the trial is on the verge of completion and the matter was posted for arguments in July, 2024. The arguments are likely to be completed within next two dates.

3.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 4.

The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.) (Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)