20.07.2026 Serial no. 464 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 1298 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Shibdaspur PS Case No. 101 of 2025 dated 13.06.2025 u/s 61(2) of the BNS, Sections 25(7)(i) of the Arms Act. -And- In the matter of : Tarak Das … Petitioner(s) Mr. Sourov Mondal Mr. Subhajit Chowdhury Mr. Arijit Bhuiya Mr. Rony Mondl Mr.D. Sil … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, ld. APP Mr. Koustav Lal Mukherjee … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for one year and he was not initially arrested but, subsequently, arrested on the basis of statement of a co-accused. Learned advocate also submits that there has been obviously some recoveries from the present petitioner, particularly, the arms. It has been informed by the learned advocate for the State that out of the seven witnesses cited, five witnesses witnesses have already been examined. Learned advocate for the State further submits that two more witnesses would be completed within a period of three months. 2 Having considered the advanced stage of the case, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected. The petitioner would renew his prayer for bail after the evidence of the two witnesses claimed to have been left out by the prosecution is complete within the scheduled period. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1298 of 2026 is dismissed. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)