Lutfal Mandal @ Nutu v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail refused; applicant Lutfal Mandal @ Nutu; Section 438 CrPC application rejected; underlying FIR Tanarpara Police Station Case No. 93 of 2024 dated 08.04.2024 under Sections 341/326/307/34 IPC; decisive factor was the victim's statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC directly implicating the petitioner along with other case-diary materials; decided 11.07.2024; judges Soumen Sen, J. and Sugato Majumdar, J.; petitioner represented by Ekramul Bari, Siddhartha Sankar Mandal and Arunima Das Sharma; State represented by Provas Bhattacharya and Jisan Iqubal Hassain.
What did the court decide?
Having considered the materials in the case diary, and in particular the victim's statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC in which she directly implicated the petitioner, this court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail. ¶5