14.07.2026 Sl. No. 471 Court No.35 Rohan (Rejected) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M.(M) 1182 of 2026 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Chapra Police Station Case No. 115 of 2017 dated 22.04.2017 for the offences punishable under Sections 447/326/307/120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 with added Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 . -And- In the matter of: Toufik Mondal @ Toufick …Petitioner Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir Ms. Soma Mal Ms. June Modak …for the Petitioner Mr. Shataroop Purakayastha …for the State 1. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record. 2. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 3 years. There is no possibility of the trial to be concluded in the near future. As such, the petitioner may be released on bail. 3. Learned advocate appearing for the State submits that the case was registered in the year 2017. Two of the accused persons were convicted and the bail is pending before the High Court. This present petitioner was arrested and after the order of conviction, claims for expeditious trial. 2 4. The Trial Court record is before the High Court and as such, the Trial Court is unable to proceed with the case. 5. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and of the antecedent, I am of the view that the petitioner is entitled to get a trial. As such, I direct the learned Registrar Administration (Lawazima & Office Management) to send a photostat copy of the records of the case to the learned Trial Court within a reasonable period of time so that the learned Trial Court would progress with the trial of the case. 6. Having considered the gravity of the offence, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. 7. At this stage, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. 8. With the aforesaid observations, CRM (M) 1182 of 2026 is dismissed. 9. All parties shall act in terms of the 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.)