Rejjak Ali @ Bhekcha v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court considered a bail application in a murder and cruelty case. Weighing the involvement in a deadly incident and the material available in the case, the bench held that there were no grounds to grant bail at this stage and dismissed the prayer. (rejected)
What did the court decide?
The prayer for bail is rejected and the application is dismissed.
What the court decided
11.04.2022 Sl. 118 C.R.M. (DB) 159 of 2022 Court No.29 suvayan In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of (rejected) Criminal Procedure filed on 17.01.2022 in connection with Chanchal P.S. case No. 572 of 2021 dated 14/07/2021 under Sections 498A/302/201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. And In the matter of: Rejjak Ali @ Bhekcha ….petitioner. Mr. Kallol Mondal Mr. Krishan Ray Mr. Souvik Das Mr. Anamitra Banerjee …for the petitioner. Mr. S. G. Mukherjee, Ld. PP Ms. Faria Hossain Ms. Sonali Das …for the State.
Petitioner seeks bail.
Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is languishing in jail for 250 days. The police filed charge-sheet and, therefore, further detention of the petitioner is not required. He draws the attention of the Court to the fact that six persons recorded the statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. None of the statements recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code implicates the petitioner.
Learned Public Prosecutor draws the attention of the Court to the statements recorded under Section 161 as well as Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. He submits that the petitioner is involved in the incident of murder.
Six statements recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code names the petitioner.
Whether or not, the evidence of the witnesses recording their statements under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code is
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Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the accused is entitled to bail in a case involving murder and cruelty under Sections 302 and 498A IPC.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Rejjak Ali @ Bhekcha
- respondent
State
Coram
Debangsu Basak
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Calcutta HC
- Decided on
- · April
- Registered
- Case no.
- CRM (DB)/159/2022
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