30.07.2026 Serial no. 274 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 1591 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 Karimpur PS Case No. 144 of 2009 dated 31.05.2009 u/s 302/201/34 of the IPC [Sessions Case No. 191 of 2024]. -And- In the matter of : Basanti Sardar @ Banu Pahari … Petitioner(s) Mr. Shantanu Talukdar Mr. Amanul Islam Mr. Sourav Mukherjee Mr. Gourav Roy … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Somnath Bera … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that there are no materials appearing against the present petitioner, yet, she has been arrested very recently. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the case was registered in May, 2009 and the petitioner was evading the process of law for more than 16 years. Having considered that the petitioner has participated in the process very recently, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected. 2 Liberty is granted to canvass the merits of the case after the charges are framed before the learned trial court. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1591 of 2026 is dismissed. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record. 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.)