1 D/L 38 18.06.2026 Rohit, A.R.(Ct.) ct.no.35 Allowed IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M (M) 699 of 2026 Saddam Molla Vs The State of West Bengal In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with S.T Case No. 276 of 2023 arising out of Sankrail P.S. Case No. 857 of 2021 dated 25.07.2021 under Sections 498A/302/304B/34 of the IPC corresponding to G.R Case No. 3956 of 2021 And In the matter of : Saddam Molla ……Petitioner. Mr. A. Chakraborty …for the Petitioner Mr. Amal Kumar Datta …for the State 1. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for three years five months and till date four witnesses have been examined. An application under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C has been filed by the prosecution after the evidence of the four witnesses were over. There is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future as such the petitioner has prayed for bail. 2. Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and relies upon the post mortem report including the statement of the witnesses under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. 2 3. Having considered the period for which the petitioner is in custody and without entering into the merits of the case I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail 4. Accordingly, petitioner, namely, Saddam Molla shall furnish a bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of Learned CJM, Howrah. 5. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the district of Howrah without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. 6. The learned Trial Court would if required impose additional condition for securing the presence of the petitioner in the day to day proceedings. 7. With the aforesaid observations C.R.M (M) 699 of 2026 is allowed. 8. Report submitted by the State be kept with the record. 9. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the Official website of this Court. 10. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)