19.08.2026 Serial no. 37 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (M) 1015 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 Dhantala PS Case No. 13 of 2013 dated January 5, 2013, GR Case No. 79 of 2013, u/s 498A/326/307/34 of the IPC and sections 25(1)(a)& 27 of the Arms Act. -And- In the matter of : Johir Tarafder @ Johiruddin Tarafder … Petitioner(s) Ms. Sananda Bhattacharyya … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharjee, ld. APP Mr. Sankalpa Bhattacharjee … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for two years and six months and till date only four witnesses have been examined. Learned advocate, therefore, prays that the petitioner may be released on bail. The attention of the court has been drawn to the evidence of the defacto-complainant. Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharjee, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, is directed to represent the State. Mr. Bhattacharjee is entitled to have a junior of his choice. The appointment of both Mr. Bhattacharjee and the junior of his choice, if any, be regularized by the concerned authority. 2 The records of the case reflect that the case was instituted in the year 2013 and the petitioner absconded for a considerable period of time. Having regard to the evidence of the defacto- complainant, I am of the opinion that the petitioner may be released on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Johir Tarafder @ Johiruddin Tarafder shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Ranaghat. If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the district of Nadia without prior permission of the learned trial court. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1015 of 2026 is allowed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. 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.) 3