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2025 DAILYLAW 19177 (CAL)

SURESH SONAR v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM(M)/132/2025 · 2025-04-17

Suvra Ghosh

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17.04.2025 48 jb. jdt. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 132 of 2025 In Re : An Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kankartala Police Station Case No. 15 of 2025 dated 10.02.2025 under Sections 85/103(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. And In Re : Suresh Sonar ... Petitioner. Mr. Kunal Ganguly ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Arijit Ganguly Ms. Sudeshna Das ... For the State. Heard learned counsels for the parties. The petitioner is in custody for more than 60 days. The victim who is the wife of the petitioner died by hanging. Investigation is in progress. Whether the victim committed suicide or was murdered by the petitioner shall be assessed at the appropriate stage of the proceeding in the light of the evidence collected by the prosecution. At this stage, considering the evidence on record as well as the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence, this Court is inclined to hold that further detention of the petitioner is not required for the purpose of custodial interrogation and he may be granted bail subject to stringent conditions. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed. The petitioner namely Suresh Sonar shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be 2 local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Dubrajpur, Birbhum subject to condition that he shall meet the investigating officer of the case once a week till submission of charge-sheet and shall not tamper with the evidence or intimidate the witnesses in any manner whatsoever. The application for bail is disposed of. Case diary be returned. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)