02.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L.283. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (M) 1735 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 Nowda Police Station case no. 179 of 2025 dated 28.06.2025 under Sections 65 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 4 of the POCSO Act, 2012. And In the matter of : Saddam Sk ……Petitioner. Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Anisur Rahaman .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Sagar Saha Ms. Nayana Mukhoppadhyay ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for 14 months and there is no possibility of the trial commencing in near future as another accused is absconding. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail by drawing the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim as well as the medico legal examination report. Having considered the fact that the process is being delayed as because there are absconding accused person, I am of the opinion that the learned trial Court should exhaust the process of law by splitting up the trial of the case, proceed for overcoming the stage of consideration of charges and commence the evidence at the earliest. Priority be given to the recording of evidence of the victim. 2 Petitioner would renew his prayer for bail after the evidence of victim is over. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in CRM (M) 1735 of 2026 is dismissed at this stage. 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.)