Calcutta High Court
CRM(M)/1924/2026 of VICKY CHOUDHURY Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL on 28 September 2026
37 Court No.35 Rohan (Allowed) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M.(M) 1924 of 2026 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Halisahar Police Station Case No. 288 of 2024
28.09.2026
Sl. No. 37
Court No.35
Rohan
(Allowed)
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
APPELLATE SIDE
C.R.M.(M) 1924 of 2026
In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Halisahar Police Station Case No. 288 of 2024 dated 28.10.2024 for the offences punishable under Section 103(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
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In the matter of: Vicky Choudhury
…Petitioner
Mr. Anjan Bhattacharya
Mrs. Anita Shaw Saha
Ms. Seema Thakur
…for the Petitioner
Mr. Amarta Ghosh
Mr. Supreem Naskar
…for the State
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1. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than 1 year 10 months. Out of sixteen (16) witnesses, only one (01) witness has been examined. There is no possibility of the trial being concluded. As such, the petitioner be released on bail.
2. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of this Court to the statement of the wife of the deceased recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS.
3. I have taken into account the nature of the incident which arose out of throwing of garbage.
4. Having considered the genesis of the incident, I am of the opinion that the petitioner be released on bail.
5. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Vicky Choudhury is allowed.
6. Accordingly, the petitioner shall furnish bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas.
7. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present before the learned Trial Court on each and every date. Petitioner shall not leave the district of North 24 Parganas without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Additionally, the petitioner would meet with the Officer-in-Charge of the local Police Station once in a week, where he would be residing, till the evidence of the vulnerable witnesses are over.
8. In the event, the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions as stated above, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.
9. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1924 of 2026 is disposed of.
10. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record.
11. All parties shall act in terms of the server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court.
12. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.
(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)