27.07.2026 Serial no. 38 Court no. 9 (Bail allowed) ( S. A. ) Calcutta High Court In The Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side CRM (M) 162 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Ghoksadanga Police Station Case No. 110 of 2026 dated 05.03.2026 under Sections 126(2)/74/108/62 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. -And- In the matter of : Uttam Das @ Uttam Das (Ajoy) … … Petitioner Mr. Subhasish Misra, Advocate Mr. Satyajit Paul, Advocate, Mr. Rounak Ghosh, Advocate … … For the Petitioner Mr. Avrojyoti Das, Ld. APP. Mr. Raj Kumar Mitra, Advocate MR. Nigam Mittal, Advocate … …For the State 1. Petitioner prays for bail. 2. Report is taken on record. 3. After submission of the petitioner, none appears for the de facto complainant despite service. 4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that the present petitioner has been in custody for 53 days. As per the allegations made in the First Information Report (F.I.R), the petitioner used to follow the victim and gave illicit proposal. On the date of incident, the petitioner is said to have followed the 2 victim which was seen by the father of the victim. This made the petitioner to consume poison, in attempt to commit suicide. It is further submitted by the learned Advocate for the petitioner that the petitioner happens to be a boy of 22 years age and college going student. The petitioner is pursuing his B.A. studies. 5. Learned Advocate for the State relies upon the materials in the case diary including the medical report and statements of the de facto complainant recorded under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS. He also refers to the statement of the de facto complainant recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS. Learned Advocate for the State submits that due to the acts of the petitioner, the petitioner had to consume poison in an attempt to commit suicide. 6. I have also gone through the medical report. The alleged incident is said to have happened on February 22, 2026. The petitioner was discharged from hospital on February 24, 2026 with the history of “alleged unknown poisoning”. I have also gone through the statement of the de facto complainant recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS. 7. From the nature of allegations as made out in the information report have also taking into account, the medical report as well as the statement of the witnesses recorded under Sections 180 and 183 of the BNSS and also considering the nature of allegation and period of detention suffered by the 3 petitioner under Section 187 of the BNSS, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 8. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned A.C.J.M., Mathabhanga subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. 9. In the event, the petitioner fails to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without further reference to this Court. 10. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 11. CRM (M) 162 of 2026 is disposed of. (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)