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2026 DAILYLAW 48987 (CAL)

KAMAL @ KAMALESH CHANDRA ROY v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANR

CRM(M)/2597/2026 · 2026-10-14

Tirthankar Ghosh

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14.10.2026 Court No.35. D/L.94. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (M) 2597 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Jagatdal Police Station case no. 323 of 2023 dated 10.08.2023 under Sections 6/17/21 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and under Sections 120B/366A/370/370A/372/373 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3/4/5/6/7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. And In the matter of : Kamal @ Kamalesh Chandra Roy ……Petitioner. Mr. Subhadeep Chatterjee Mr. Arpita Kundu Mr. Nilabha Roy Mr. Bithin Mandal .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Anamitra Banerjee Mr. Utsav Dutta ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for three years, evidence of the witnesses are in progress, however, there is no possibility of the trial being concluded. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail, draws the attention of the Court to the evidence of PW4. I have taken into account the complicity of the present accused along with the total circumstances of the case which relates to kidnapping of minor, trafficking as well as the involvement in flesh trade. In view of the locus of the present petitioner, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. 2 As such, prayer for bail of the petitioner in CRM (M) 2597 of 2026 is dismissed. Memo of evidence and the report in respect of service submitted by 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. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)