25.03.2025 Court No. 26 Item No.75 Rohan CRM (DB) 3678 of 2024 In Re:- An application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Lalgarh Police Station Case No. 80 of 2023 dated 16.10.2023 for the offences punishable under Sections 341/325/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; And In the matter of : Debendra Bhui. …Petitioner Mr. Amit Ranjan Pati, Ms. Swastika Chowdhury, Ms. Mehelee Chattopadhyay, Ms. Hareem Fatema. …for the petitioner. Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ms. Afreen Begum. … for the State. 1. Petitioner renews the prayer for bail. 2. Period of custody is the ground canvassed for the grant of bail. 3. Petitioner is in custody for about 524 days. 4. Charges are yet to be framed. 5. Petitioner is the principal accused in murder. 6. Period of custody of the petitioner is not such so as to invoke Article 21 of the Constitution of India in favour of the petitioner. 7. In such circumstances, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner, at this stage. 8. Hence, the application for bail stands rejected. 9. Thus, CRM (DB) 3678 of 2024 is dismissed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)