14.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.7 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2856 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Gangnapur Police Station Case No. 138 of 2024 dated 18.05.2024 under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Sections 397/412 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959. And In Re : Pritam Debnath ... Petitioner. Mr. Shibaji Kumar Das, Mr. Sayan De, Mr. Sayan Kanjilal, Mr. Kaustav Shome ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, APP, Mr. Saswata Chatterjee ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 2 years 2 months and out of 32 witnesses cited by the prosecution, 16 witnesses have already been examined. It has been submitted that there is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future. As such, petitioner prays for bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and insists on the fact that locus of the present petitioner is completely different from the other accused persons who have been granted bail. The petitioner happens to be a neighbour of the family of the complainant who engineered whole of the offence. The statements under Section 180 of the BNSS reflect that 2 recovery of arms along with gold jewelleries on the leading statement of the present petitioner. I have taken into account the objection raised by the State and some additional documents have been produced which reflect that petitioner was born in the year 2005 and prior to his arrest, he has passed Higher Secondary Examination. There are materials appearing against the present petitioner. However, having regard to the tender age of the present petitioner, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Pritam Debnath 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court. The petitioner shall, for the first six months, once in a week, meet with the officer assigning for acknowledging the petitioner’s presence by the Officer-in-Charge, Gangnapur Police Station. It would be the discretion of the learned Trial Court either to waive such condition or continue with such condition. Learned Trial Court also put in efforts so that within a year from date, the trial of the case is taken to its logical conclusion. 3 The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2856 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.)