17.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 402. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (M) 2079 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Jagaddal Police Station Case No. 323 of 2023 dated 10.08.2023 under Sections 120B/366A/370/370A/372/373 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 6/17/21 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and Sections 3/4/5/6/7 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956. And In the matter of : Sourav Kona ……Petitioner. Mr. Anit Dey Mr. Ankan Santra Mr. Rony Baidya ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Debapratim Guha Mrs. Rajashree Venket Kundalia ….for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner was arrested on 18.08.2023 and is in custody for more than 3 years. There is no possibility of the trial being concluded in near future as out of 28 witnesses only 6 witnesses have been examined till date. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail, draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the victims, particularly their statements under Section 161 of Cr.P.C., Section 164 of Cr.P.C. as well as the deposition of the victim. 2 I have taken into consideration the overall materials appearing so far as the present petitioner is concerned. Having considered the same, I am of the opinion further custodial detention of the present petitioner is unwarranted. As such prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, Petitioner, namely, Sourav Kona shall furnish bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees 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 Learned ACJM, Barrackpore. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of District of North 24 Parganas without the prior permission of the learned Trial Court. With the aforesaid observations CRM (M) 2079 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of Evidence submitted be kept with the record. Photostat copy of the deposition submitted on behalf of 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. 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.)