17.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.458 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 1247 of 2026 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 Gazole Police Station Case No. 655 of 2021 dated 22.08.2021 under Sections 417/420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 14A(B) of the Foreigners Act, 1946. And In Re : Shyamal Das @ Bimal Das ... Petitioner. Mr. Avinaba Patra, Mr. Dattatreya Dutta, Mr. Dibakar Sardar ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Bhaskar Seth, Ms. Anushka Ghosh ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than 4 years 10 months and till date, charges have not been framed. As such, petitioner prays for bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail referring to the earlier orders where questionable documents were produced to regularise a citizenship which was fake. It has also been contended that the petitioner has also duped the financiers. Having considered that the petitioner has served more than half of the maximum prescribed punishment for the charges he is supposed to face and 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., Shyamal Das @ Bimal Das 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 District and Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Malda. 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 Malda without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 1247 of 2026, 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.)