03.02.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 9. Kausik (Rejected) CRM (M) 22 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 Kaliganj Police Station Case No. 708/23 dated 04.10.2023 under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of : Srikanta Bairagya ……Petitioner. Mr. Sumanta Chakraborty Mrs. Ankana Sarkar Ms. Dhimoyee Kundu ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Arijit Ganguly Ms. Pallavi Priyadarshee ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 2 years and 4 months. On the other hand, learned advocate for the State submits that out of 28 witnesses proposed to be examined by the prosecution, 26 witnesses have already been examined. Having considered the final stage of the sessions case, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, CRM (M) 22 of 2026 is dismissed. 2 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.)