10.02.2026 Court No.35. D/L.195. Rakib (Allowed) CRM (M) 195 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 English Bazar Police Station case no. 1659 of 2024 dated 13.11.2024 under Sections 1096/115(2)/118(1)/118(2)/3(5)/329(4)/351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In the matter of : Sukumar Mandal. ……Petitioner. Mr. Kalidas Saha Ms. Khushi Mollick Mr. Pikash Kumar Chauhan ……for the Petitioner. Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharya Ms. Trina Mitra ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for a year and charge-sheet has already been submitted but the case is yet to be committed to the Court of Sessions. Other accused persons have been granted bail. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the medical report and the complicity of the petitioner. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner, I am of the view that further incarceration is unwarranted. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. As such, petitioner namely, Sukumar Mandal shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten 2 Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of Malda without the prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Thus, the application for bail being CRM (M) No. 195 of 2026 is allowed. Report 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.)