14.10.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 89. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (M) 2569 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 West Port Police Station Case No. 75 of 2022 dated 08.04.2022 under Section 376AB, 506(II) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. And In the matter of : Md. Shamim Khan @ Sonu ……Petitioner. Mr. Deepak Prahladka Ms. Reshmi Khatun ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Saryati Datta ….for the Victim. Mr. Subhas Chandra Saha Mr. Arijit Banik ….for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits petitioner is in custody for 4 years 6 months. 8 witnesses have been examined out of the 12 witnesses cited by the prosecution. Learned advocate for the defacto complainant and the State opposes the prayer for bail. I have taken into account the materials appearing in the case diary, particularly, the statement of the victim under Section 183 of the BNSS. Having considered the same and the 2 period of detention, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, petitioner, namely Md. Shamim Khan @ Sonu 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, Alipore 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 Kolkata, South 24 Parganas. Accordingly, CRM (M) 2569 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of Evidence submitted 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.)