13.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.16 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2838 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Nakashipara Police Station Case No. 257 of 2021 dated 06.06.2021 under Sections 302/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act (G.R. Case No. 1240 of 2021). And In Re : Arnab Sarkar @ Guddu ... Petitioner. Mr. Debabrata Roy, Mrs. Karabi Roy, Ms. Sarbani Mukhopadhyay ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Shataroop Purkayastha, Ms. Nayana Mukhopadhyay ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was arrested on 07.06.2021 and is in custody for 5 years 1 month. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is an antecedent of the present petitioner but that relates to bailable offence. I have taken into account the progress of the case wherein out of 27 witnesses, till date only 9 witnesses have been examined. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and the time which will be consumed for taking the trial to its logical conclusion, without entering into the merits of the case, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 2 Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Arnab Sarkar @ Guddu shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagar, Nadia. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Nadia without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Additionally, the petitioner, for the next six months, shall meet with the Officer-in-Charge/Inspector-in-Charge, Nakashipara Police Station. It would be the discretion of the learned Trial Court either to waive such condition or extend such condition for ensuring the proper conduct of the present petitioner. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2838 of 2025, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned 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 with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)