01.04.2026 Sl. No. DL 152 Court No. 35 ALLOWED Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. CRM (M) 695 of 2026 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Dadpur Police Station case no.06 of 2026 dated 08.01.2026 under Sections 69, 351(2)(3) and 316(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. -AND- In the matter of : DILIP PANDAY ……Petitioner For the Petitioner : Mr. Golam Mastafa Mr. Kazi Asif Iqbal …Advocates For the State : Mr. Bidhut Kumar Roy Ms. Sayanti Santra …Advocates 1. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 80 days and chargesheet has already been submitted before the jurisdictional Court. He further submits that both the petitioner and the complainant / victim are major. He prays for bail of the petitioner on any stringent condition. 2. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Page 2 3. I have taken into account the statement of the victim. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and overall circumstances of the present case, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. 4. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 5. As such, the petitioner shall furnish 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chinsurah, Hooghly. 6. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court in seisin of the case. The petitioner shall not leave the district of Hooghly without prior permission of the concerned Court. 7. Accordingly, CRM(M) 695 of 2026 is disposed of. 8. Case diary be returned to the learned advocate appearing for the State. 9. All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 10. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )