19.08.2026 Serial no. 41 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (M) 1025 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 Bhowanipore PS Case No. 294 of 2022 dated 12.12.2022 u/s 120B/170/395/397/467/468/471/34 of the IPC read with 25(1B),(a), 27 of the Arms Act. -And- In the matter of : Ranjan Chowdhury & Ors. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Moyukh Mukherjee Mr. Manojit Debnath … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Bankim Pal … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioners refers to the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court passed in SLP (Crl.) No. 16546 of 2025 and emphasizes on the observations of the Hon’ble Supreme Court for granting bail to the said accused. Having considered that the principles on which the other accused has been granted bail, I am of the opinion that the petitioners are entitled to the same benefit. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, the petitioners viz, [Ranjan Chowdhury, Shantu Molla @ Santu Molla, Suresh Khan and Sekandar Dewan @ Sekendar @ Suikander Dewan] shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 2 Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Alipore. If on bail, the petitioners shall also make themselves physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned trial court or the court in seisin of the case and shall not leave the district of South 24 Parganas without prior permission of the learned trial court or the court in seisin of the case. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1025 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.)