Suraj Mirdha v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

14.12.2023 5 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Sdas rejected Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CRM (DB) 662 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Matelli Police Station Case No.

of dated 02.07.2023 under Sections 341/342/384/120B/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 6/17 of the POCSO Act.

And In Re : Suraj Mirdha ......petitioner Mr. Jaydeep Kanta Bhowmik ...... for the petitioner Mr. Abhijit Sarkar Ms. Sukanya Adhikary ...... for the State Mr. Arjun Chowdhury ....... for the victim 1.

Heard the learned Counsels for the parties.

2.

We have considered the materials on record including the statement of the minor. Her statement shows petitioner and co-accused assaulted her. She was also raped in the course of the incident. Her statement is corroborated by medical evidence. In view of gravity of the offence we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

3.

Application for bail is, thus, rejected.

(Apurba Sinha Ray, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)