17.04.2026 Serial no. 145 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 705 of 2026 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 SC 206(03)2025 arising out of Kaliganj Station Case No. 979 of 2024 dated 08.11.2024 u/s 109/118(2) of the BNS and adding Section 103 of the BNS. -And- In the matter of : Dinesh Halder … Petitioner(s) Mr. Khalid Hasan … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Joydeep Biswas Mr. Pratick Bose … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than a year and there has been no progress in the case. Learned advocate for the State, on the other hand, submits that out of the 23 witnesses cited in the charge- sheet, 16 witnesses have already been and the present case involves heinous offence of two persons having been murdered. Having regard to the heinousness of the crime and the advanced stage of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Rejected. Accordingly, CRM (M) 705 of 2026 is dismissed. 2 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.)