Debabrata Das @ Dipak v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI 06.03.2024 Court No.1 (D/L 01) (AK) CRM (DB) 592 OF 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Haldibari Police Station Case No. 42 of 2023 dated 07.03.2023 under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 read with Sections 363/365 of the IPC. And In the matter of: Debabrata Das @ Dipak ... Petitioner.

Mr. Sandip Guha Mr. Sandip Guha Roy ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Ujjwal Luksom Mr. Subhasish Mishra ...for the State.

1. We have considered the material placed before us particularly from the Case Diary and we are of the view that the petitioner's prayer for bail should be allowed.

2. The petitioner shall accordingly be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Judge, Special Court, Mekhliganj, Cooch Behar. The petitioner shall not induce or influence witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. The petitioner shall not leave the local limits of

the concerned Police Station during the entire period of trial without obtaining leave from the learned Court.

3. C.R.M.(DB) 592 of 2023 is accordingly allowed and disposed of in terms of the above.

(PRASENJIT BISWAS, J.) (MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, J.)