15.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.21 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Rejected C.R.M. (M) 1959 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Chapra Police Station Case No. 0173 of 2026 dated 02.03.2026 under Section 64(2)(k) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Amendment), 2012. And In Re : Jakir Mondal @ Jakir Hossain Mondal ... Petitioner. Mr. Avilash Tripathi, Mr. Anirban Ghosh, Mr. Sujoy Kundu ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Ooiseeroop Sinha, Ms. Tatini Sengupta ... For the State. Md. Bani Israil, Mr. Adwitiyo Raha … for the de facto complainant. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept with the record. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for more than six months. The materials collected by the prosecution do not make out a case so far as the present petitioner is concerned and he is being unnecessarily detained. Learned advocate appearing for the de facto complainant opposes the prayer for bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and produces the case diary. 2 I have taken into account the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS as also the medico- legal examination report. Having considered the same, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail at this stage. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. However, petitioner will renew his prayer for bail after the evidence of the victim is over. Learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the process of consideration of charges and thereafter within a reasonable period complete the evidence of the victim. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 1959 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. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)