D/L14 09.07.2026 Bpg. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2822 of 2025 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Balurghat GRPS Case No.03 of 2025 dated 21.06.2025 under Sections 118(2)/109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act; Arif Sarkar @ Arifuddin Molla Versus The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury Mr. Dwaipayan Panda. …for the petitioner. Mr. Rajendra Banerjee Mr. Bankim Pal. …for the State. Affidavit-of-service filed by the petitioner and report submitted by the State be kept with the record. Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, learned Additional Public Prosecutor along with Mr. Bankim Pal, learned advocate, appear on behalf of the State. Their appointment may be regularized by the concerned authorities. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about 11 months and till date three witnesses has only been examined out of 23 witnesses. Learned advocate appearing for the State has produced the case diary. I have taken into account the statement of the victim as 2 well as driver of the train which was recorded by the learned Judicial Magistrate. Having considered the same, I am of the opinion that further detention of the present petitioner is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. The petitioner, namely, Arif Sarkar @ Arifuddin Molla shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge (under POCSO Act)-cum-ADJ, 2nd Court, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur. 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 Dakshin Dinajpur without prior permission of the learned special court. Accordingly, CRM(M)2822 of 2025 is allowed. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly 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 of all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)