02.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.296 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Rejected C.R.M. (M) 1750 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 Narendrapur Police Station Case No. 1061 of 2022 dated 25.09.2022 under Sections 376(DA)/120B of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 6/17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. And In Re : Pravash Santra ... Petitioner. Mr. Jewel Chanda, Ms. Rumki Guha ... For the Petitioner. Ms. Sanjana Jha ... For the State. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept with the record. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 3 years 10 months and evidence of the vulnerable witnesses is over. It has been submitted that there is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future. As such, petitioner may be released on bail on any stringent condition. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the evidence of the victim. It has been categorically stated that the present petitioner and another were present when the other accused was committing the offence of rape. At the relevant point of time, victim was 2 below 16 years of age and there were other overt acts attributed to the present petitioner also. Having considered the overall circumstances and the outcome of the charges for which the petitioner is facing the trial, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 1750 of 2026, is, thus, dismissed. 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.)