24.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.277 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 1503 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Bhatpara Police Station Case No. 485 of 2024 dated 15.08.2024 under Sections 103/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and 25/27 of the Arms Act (G.R. Case No. 5498 of 2024). And In Re : Rajesh Bansfore @ Rajesh Basfore ... Petitioner. Mr. S. K. Das, Mr. Sujan Chatterjee, Mr. Rohan Bavishi ... For the Petitioner. Dr. Pradip Banerjee, APP, Mr. Suman Chakraborty ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that similarly placed accused persons have been granted bail. However, the present petitioner is languishing in custody for about two years. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the eyewitnesses. I have taken into account the overall circumstances of the case and I find that the petitioner along with other two accused persons were allegedly involved in the commission of offence. The complicity of the petitioner as per the statement under Section 183 of the BNSS cannot be distinguished. Having considered that the other accused persons have been granted bail, I am inclined to release the 2 petitioner on bail on the ground that there is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future as till date, only four witnesses have been examined, out of 23 witnesses cited in the charge-sheet. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Rajesh Bansfore @ Rajesh Basfore 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, Barrackpore. 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 North 24-Parganas without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 1503 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.)