13.02.2026 Serial no. 23 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 2011 of 2025 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Special Case No. 307 of 2023 (Special ST No. 09(01)2024) arising out of Nadial Police Station Case No. 168 of 2023 dt. 06.10.2023 u/s 376/506 of the IPC and u/s 6 of the POCSO Act. -And- In the matter of : Imran Khan @ Md. Imran Khan … Petitioner(s) Mr. Soumya Nag Mr. Aditya Tiwari … for the Petitioner(s) Ms. Shaila Afrin Mr. Ejaz Akhtar … for the State-respondent(s) Md. A. Badr Mr. Jamshed Khan Mr. Shakti Shivam Mr. Parvej Islam … for the defacto-complainant Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for two years nine months and hardly there has been any progress in the case. Learned advocate for the State submits that only three witnesses have been examined and the prosecution proposes to examine six more witnesses. Learned advocate for the defacto-complainant also opposes the prayer for bail. In case, the learned trial court is of the opinion that various applications are filed by the parties, it would be the discretion of the learned trial court either to dispose of the 2 application or keep the application with the record for final disposal of the same at the time of argument of the case. In the meantime, the learned trial court, at this stage, after two years and nine months, would give priority for progress of the case and examination of the witnesses concerned. There are six more witnesses to be examined. The learned trial court would complete the prosecution witnesses preferably within the next six months. I have taken into account the materials available before this court by the petitioner, defacto-complainant and the State. Having considered the same, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected. Accordingly, CRM(M) 2011 of 2025 is dismissed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3