28.07.2026 Serial no. 277 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 1553 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 Naihati PS Case No. 223 of 2025 dated 12.08.2025 u/s 65(1)/79/351(2) of the BNS and u/s 6/12 of the POCSO Act [POCSO Case No. 193/2025]. -And- In the matter of : Petitioner … Petitioner(s) Mr. Manojit Debnath Mr. Aksh Sarkar … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kr. Gupta … for the State-respondent(s) Mr. J. K. Pain … for the defacto-complainant(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about eleven months and, although, charge-sheet has been submitted, witness action has not commenced. Learned advocate for the defacto-complainant opposes the prayer for bail. Learned advocate for the State also opposes the prayer for bail and produces the case diary. Having considered the charges for which the petitioner has been called upon to face the trial, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected. 2 However, the learned trial court would, if required, split up the trial of the case after exhausting the process of law and take steps for overcoming the stage of consideration of charges at the earliest, thereafter, within a month from the said date, the evidence of the victim be commenced and concluded and at the earliest. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1553 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.)