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2025 DAILYLAW 8647 (CAL)

AISHA B @ MARIYUM KHANUM v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM (DB)/471/2025 · 2025-04-23

Suvra Ghosh

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64 23.04.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das interim bail C.R.M. (DB) 471 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Swarupnagar P.S. Case No.702 of 2024 dated 14.11.2024 under Section 14A(b) of the Foreigners Act read with Section 12 of the Passports Act. And In Re : Aisha B @ Mariyum Khanum ... Petitioner. Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir Ms. Rabia Khatoon Ms. Soma Mal Ms. J. Modak ... for the Petitioner. Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharya Md. Yaser A. Ismail ... for the State. Pursuant to the order dated 2nd April, 2025 the petitioner produced the original documents in support of her Indian citizenship before the investigating officer. Report submitted by the investigating officer this day is taken on record. It appears from the report that the Voters’ Identity Card of the petitioner is found to be genuine. Verification of the residential proof as well as electoral roll of the petitioner is awaited. In view of the above, this Court is inclined to hold that since the Voters’ Identity Card of the petitioner is found to be genuine on verification, the petitioner is entitled to interim bail till the other documents are verified and report submitted. 2 Accordingly, prayer for bail is allowed in the interim form. The petitioner be granted interim bail till 30th June, 2025. The petitioner namely, Aisha B @ Mariyum Khanum shall be released on interim bail upon furnishing 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Basirhat, North 24 Parganas subject to condition that the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of Basirhat until further orders and shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing fixed by the learned trial Court. The petitioner shall furnish the address where she shall presently reside before the learned trial Court, the investigating officer and the Officer in charge of the concerned P.S. where she shall presently reside and shall not tamper with the evidence or intimidate the witnesses in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions stated above without any justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his interim bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. Let the matter appear under the same heading on 20th June, 2025. Report be submitted by the State on the adjourned date. 3 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.)