22.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.623 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (M) 2212 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kakdwip Police Station Case No. 173 of 2026 dated 31.05.2026 under Sections 77/78 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. And In Re : Sourav Dolai ... Petitioner. Mr. Pintu Karar ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Subrata Mukherjee, Ms. Nabanita Chatterjee ... For the State. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept with the record. Memo of Evidence submitted on behalf of the State be also kept with the record. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for more than three and a half months and charge-sheet has already been submitted before the jurisdictional court. Petitioner intends to cooperate with further proceedings and submits that he may be granted bail on any stringent condition. Learned advocate appearing for the de facto complainant opposes the prayer for bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and produces the case diary. 2 I have taken into account the materials available in the case diary and having considered the same, I am of the opinion that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Sourav Dolai 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 Judge, Special Court under the POCSO Act, Kakdwip, South 24-Parganas. 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 South 24- Parganas without prior permission of the learned Special Court. Additionally, the petitioner shall not enter the jurisdiction of Kakdwip Police Station till the evidence of vulnerable witnesses is over. Learned Special Court/Trial Court would consider who are the vulnerable witnesses and thereafter permit the petitioner on a prayer to enter the jurisdiction. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 2212 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.)