28.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 32. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (M) 1914 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 Chhatna Police Station Case No. 02/2025 dated 08.01.2025 under Sections 316(2)/318(2)/318(4)/338/336(3)/61(2)/3(5) and adding sections 111(3)/111(4) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of : Arjun Mandal ……Petitioner. Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Ms. Kanchan Roy Mr. Sankalpa Bhattacharjee Ms. Sreyasi Bhattacharjee Ms. Sadia Zarreen Mr. Arko Mohinta Mr. Subhamoy Dutta Mr. Swadhin Chowdhury ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Ranjan Chakraborty Mr. R.R. Mohanti ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for about 1 year and 8 months. Although charge sheet and supplementary charge sheet has been submitted but till date only 1 witness has been examined out of 27 witnesses cited by the prosecution. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail. 2 Without further entering into the merits of the case and only considering the period of detention and the fact that the case is based on documents, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. As such, petitioner, namely Arjun Mandal be enlarged on bail subject to furnishing 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 CJM, Bankura. 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 Bankura without the prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1914 of 2026 is allowed. 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.)