CRM(M)/2148/2026 of BISWAJIT MANDAL Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL on 14 October 2026

1. The learned advocate for the petitioner submitted the charge- sheet to have been filed on 5th October, 2026. The petitioner is in custody since 20th July, 2026. She further submitted that the petitioner had been arrested after two months of the alleged incident on the basis of suspicion without any corroborative and accurate facts to implicate the present petitioner and seeks for bail.

2. The learned advocate representing the State opposed the prayer for bail stating sufficient incriminating materials recorded under Sections 180 and 183 of the BNSS, 2023. Though the charge-sheet has been filed, however, the charges

2 have not been framed at this stage, the petitioner shall not be enlarged on bail.

3. Considering the narrative of the complaint, statement recorded under Sections 180 and 183 of the BNSS, the post-mortem report wherefrom the proximate reason of instigation being absent apparently on record, at this stage, the prayer for bail is considered and allowed.

4. Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Malda, on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and on further condition the petitioner shall meet the jurisdictional police station once in a week, until further orders. The petitioner shall also not leave the jurisdiction of the trial court without prior permission.

5. In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court.

6. The application being CRM(M) No. 2148 of 2026 is allowed and disposed of.

7. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.)