05.10.2026 Serial no. 55 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (M) 1520 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Ranibandh PS Case No. 17 of 2024 dated 07.03.2024 u/s 498A/304B of the IPC read with sections 3 and 4 of the DP Act. -And- In the matter of : Biswanath Mahata … Petitioner(s) Mr. Amitavqa Chowdhury Mr. Debasis Sur Mr. Dilip Kumar Das … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, ld. APP Mr. Arnab Sau … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than two years two months; charge-sheet has been submitted and charges have already been framed. Learned advocate added that two witnesses have been examined till date. State opposes the prayer for bail. I have taken into account the postmortem report wherein the doctor opined that death was due to the effects of hanging. Having considered the overall circumstances including the period of incarceration of the present petitioner, I am inclined to release him on bail. 2 Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Biswanath Mahata shall be released on bail upon 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 the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Khatra. If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the district of Bankura without prior permission of the learned trial court or the court in seisin of the case. Accordingly, CRM (M) 1520 of 2026 is allowed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. The observations made above are only restricted for adjudication of the bail application and should not be considered as final opinion on the merits of the case. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3