20.08.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.1 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (R) 83 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Adra Police Station Case No. 31 of 2022 dated 19.03.2022 under Sections 447/354(B) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under Section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. And In Re : Bijay Chowdhury @ Bijay Kumar Chowdhury ... Petitioner. Mr. Sourov Mondal, Mr. Arijit Bhuiya, Mr. Rony Mondal, Mr. Debarghyo Sil ... For the Petitioner. Dr. Pradip Banerjee, APP, Ms. Shalu Gupta ... For the State. Mr. Mani Sankar Chattopadhyay ... For the de facto complainant. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about 96 days. Initially petitioner was on bail, subsequently his bail was cancelled. It has been submitted that 11 witnesses have been examined and 8 witnesses are left to be examined. Learned advocate appearing for the de facto complainant opposes the prayer for bail and submits that repeatedly the accused has been disturbing for which subsequent cases have been registered against the petitioner. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and produces the case diary. 2 I have taken into account the deposition of the victim which relates to offences under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Having regard to the fact that petitioner is in custody for more than three months, I am of the opinion that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Bijay Chowdhury @ Bijay Kumar Chowdhury 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, Raghunathpur. 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 Purulia without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Additionally, the petitioner, till completion of trial, would meet with the Officer-in-Charge/Inspector-in-Charge, Adra Police Station once in a week. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The Inspector-in-Charge, Adra Police Station and the Investigating Officer of the case are present in Court. Their further appearance is dispensed with. The application for bail, being CRM (R) 83 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. 3 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.)