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2026 DAILYLAW 49459 (CAL)

LATIF MOLLA @ LATIP MOLLA AND ANR. v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANR

CRM(M)/2571/2026 · 2026-10-14

Tirthankar Ghosh

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14.10.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 90. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (M) 2571 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 Minakhan Police Station Case No. 81 of 2022 dated 07.04.2022 under Section 328/307/376DA/506/120B of Indian Penal Code and Section 6/8 of the POCSO Act. And In the matter of : Latif Molla @ Latip Molla & Anr. ……Petitioners. Mr. Kallol Kumar Basu Mr. Md. Jannat Ul Firdous Mr. Rajsekhar Hota ……for the Petitioners. Mr. Subhendu Sinha Roy Ms. Madhurai Sinha ….for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits petitioner is in custody for 1 year 3 months. Charge sheet has been submitted. Evidence has also commenced. There is a specific recording that the victim girl and the complainant being the father, they have resiled from their oral statements before the learned Judicial Magistrate as well as the investigating officer. The victim girl has been declared hostile in the present case. 2 Having considered the change of circumstances, I am inclined to release the petitioners on bail. As such, petitioners, namely (1) Latif Molla @ Latip Molla, (2) Bakibullah Molla @ Idrish Ali Molla 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 Judge, Special Court (under POCSO Act), Basirhat. If on bail, the petitioners shall be physically present on each and every date fixed before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of District of North 24 Parganas. Accordingly, CRM (M) 2571 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of Evidence submitted by the State and Photostat copy of deposition submitted by the petitioner and the report of service 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.)