07.10.2026 cm/s das ct 33 C.R.M. (M) 2012 of 2026 sl no.20 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Dhantala P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 dated 28.11.2024 Sections 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Allowed In Re : Sumit Mondal @ Dabbu. ….. petitioner Mr. Shibaji Kumar Das Mr. Dipendu Sarkar …… for the petitioner Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharyya Mr. Shivam Mishra …… for the State 1. The learned advocate representing the petitioner submitted out of 16 witnesses 7 witnesses including the victim had been examined. The petitioner is in custody for one year 10 months and 9 days. Moreover the petitioner had not been the principal accused. 2. The learned advocate representing the State submitted the petitioner to have been actively involved in the alleged offence whereby the victim, being a citizen of a different country, had been violated of herself by the petitioner along with other co-accuseds on the pre-text of transmitting her to a safer place. The victim girl was being transferred to a different place through a Toto. The victim girl along with the driver of the Toto vehicle had been examined. 3. Considering the fact that the victim girl along with the Toto driver having been examined and remaining 5 of the other witnesses out of 16 witnesses to have been examined, the petitioner is granted bail. 2 4. Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ranaghat, District Nadia on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and on further condition the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once in a week until further orders. 5. In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. 6. The application being CRM(M) No. 2012 of 2026 is allowed and disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.)