24.08.2026 Court No.35. D/L.04. Rakib (Allowed) CRM (R) 81 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Rahara Police Station case no. 374 of 2024 dated 29.11.2024 under Section 8 of the POCSO Act, 2012. And In the matter of : Nurul Mallick ……Petitioner. Mr. Ramashis Mukherjee Mrs. Mithu Das Satpati Ms. Shradha Kar Mr. Amartya Mohan Bhattacharyya Mr. Ronith Maity .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Gouranga Kumar Das, APP Mr. P. Karan Singh ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner was arrested on 29.11.2024 and since then he is in custody. Although, charges have been framed but witness action till date has not commenced. Report submitted by the State do not reflect relating to the evidence having commenced. Another report has been submitted relating to the service effected upon the victim. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner which is more than one year eight months, I am of the view that further custodial detention is unwarranted. As such, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner, namely, Nurul Mallick shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees 2 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of North 24 Parganas without prior permission of the learned Court. Additionally, petitioner shall stays outside the jurisdiction of Rahara Police Station till the evidence of the victim and her relations are over. With the aforesaid observations, CRM (R) 81 of 2026 is allowed. Reports submitted by the State be kept with the record. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)