05.03.2025 Item No.23 Court No.26 S.D. (Bail granted) CRM (DB) 4382 of 2024 In re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 159 of 2020 dated 05.06.2020 under Section 394 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 read along Section 25/27 of Arms Act, 1959 and charge sheet has been submitted vide Charge sheet No. 248 of 2020 dated 26.08.2020 for alleged offence punishable under Sections 395/397/412 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 read along with Sections 25/27 of Arms Act, 1959. -And- In the matter of: Tapas Das @ Gopal … … Petitioner Ms. Jeenia Rudra … … For the Petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Ld. A.P.P., Ms. Snigdha Saha …For the State Co-accused was enlarged on bail on November 25, 2024 passed in C.R.M. (DB) 2713 of 2024 by the Coordinate Bench on the principles of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The period of custody of the petitioner is similar to such co-accused. As on date, there is hardly any material change in circumstances so far as the trial is concerned. Out of 20 prosecution witnesses, only two were examined. So far as the co-accused was enlarged on bail is concerned, it 2 was noted that there were 22 charge sheeted witnesses, only two were examined. In such circumstances, on the ground of parity, we grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srirampur, Hooghly subject to the condition that he shall not leave the jurisdiction of the concerned police station and shall meet the Officer-in-Charge of the concerned police station once in a week until further orders. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event, the petitioner fails to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without further reference to this Court. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. C.R.M.(DB) 4382 of 2024 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.) 3