27.08.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.8 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 971 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Mohanpur Police Station Case No. 132 of 2025 dated 05.08.2025 under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. And In Re : Bijay Sing @ Bijay Singh ... Petitioner. Mr. Subhadeep Chatterjee, Ms. Arpita Kundu, Mr. Bithin Mandal, Mr. Nilabha Roy ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharyya, Ms. Shyanti Poddar ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for more than a year; although charge-sheet has already been submitted, but the trial has not progressed. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits a report which reflects that in spite of efforts, the de facto complainant could not be served with the notice. I have taken into account the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS and having regard to the contents of the statement and period of detention of the petitioner, I am of the view that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is 2 unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Bijay Sing @ Bijay Singh 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, Barrackpore. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Special Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of North 24- Parganas without prior permission of the learned Special Court. Additionally, the petitioner shall meet with the Officer- in-Charge, Mohanpur Police Station or any officer deputed by him once a week till all the vulnerable witnesses are examined. In case there are threats upon the victim, the learned Special Court would cancel the bail without further reference to this Court. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 971 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 3 Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)