30.01.2026 Court No.35. D/L.34. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (R) 10 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 Maheshtala Police Station case no. 605 of 2024 dated 25.11.2024 under Sections 249(a)/305(a)/316(4)/317(2)/341(1)/54/61/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In the matter of : Sk. Arif Hossain @ Sk. Arif Hossein ……Petitioner. Mr. Soumya Nag Mr. Aditya Tiwari ……for the Petitioner. Ms. Subhasree Patel Ms. Rajnandini Das ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for one year two months and all other accused persons have been released on bail. Recoveries were also effected from the other accused persons who have been granted bail. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that petitioner happens to be a disgruntled employee of the State Bank of India who is the main person for engineering the offence. It has also been submitted that the keys of the bank were prepared with the aid of a locksmith. Having regard to the manner in which the offence has been committed in a nationalized bank, I am of the opinion that the heinousness of the offence assumes out of proportion compared to the persons who have been granted bail. Having considered the same, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail, in spite of 2 learned advocate for the petitioner pointing out that these are cases of term imprisonment. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in CRM (R) 10 of 2026 is dismissed. State is directed to take steps so that the witnesses are regularly present on the date fixed before the learned trial Court. Learned trial Court would ensure that the trial progresses at a smooth pace. No unnecessary adjournment be granted to any of the parties and the trial of the case would continue in spite of the resolution of the local bar. 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.)