27.04.2026 Item no.26. Court No.5. (Samar) In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction CRM (A) 137 of 2026 With CRAN 1/2026 And In the matter of : Akash Sarkar ……Petitioner. Mr. Sudip Guha, Ms. Sayantani Das, ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Mr. Tapan Bhbattacharjee, ……for the State. CRAN 1 of 2026 This application for relaxation of the condition of bail has been filed by the petitioner. Mr. Guha submits that by an order dated 24th March, 2026 passed in CRM(A) 137 of 2026, it was directed that in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount, each of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer. He submits that despite best efforts, the petitioner could not arrange local surety, as he is a poor person, and for such inability he has not been able to avail of the benefit of the said order dated 24th March, 2026 till date. He submits that instead of local surety, a direction may be issued permitting release on 2 bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two registered sureties of like amount each. Mr. Chakraborty, learned APP appearing for the State, leaves the matter to the discretion of the Court. Having considered the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner and the fact that since 24th March, 2026 the petitioner has not been able to avail of the benefit of the said order, the order dated 24th March, 2026 is modified to the extent that, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two registered sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer. Other conditions imposed in the order dated 24th March, 2026 shall remain unchanged. This Court is not oblivious of the fact that, in the meantime, the time granted to the petitioner to surrender before the learned Court below to avail of the benefit under Section 482 of the BNSS has expired. In view thereof, the time granted to the petitioner to surrender before the jurisdictional Court is extended for a further period of three weeks from date. The application being CRAN 1 of 2026 is allowed. (Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.)