12.02.2026 Court No.35. D/L.27. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (M) 225 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Raiganj Police Station case no. 140 of 2024 dated 10.02.2024 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of : Ratan Sarkar. ……Petitioner. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Joydeep Biswas Ms. Poulami Bose ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about two years and only 10 witnesses out of 30 witnesses cited by the prosecution has been completed. Learned advocate for the State submits that the nature of the offence is heinous. Having considered the same, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, CRM (M) 225 of 2026 is rejected. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)