Bhadeswar @ Bhodo @ Bhadreswar Barik v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court; CRM (DB) 2853 of 2024; decided 28-11-2024; bail granted under Section 439 CrPC / Section 483 BNSS on Article 21 speedy-trial and personal-liberty grounds; prolonged custody of about two years; trial court vacant since May 2024; charge not framed; Deganga Police Station Case No. 35 of 2023; Sections 328/302 IPC; bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; conditions including fortnightly police-station reporting and bar on leaving jurisdiction; bench: Arijit Banerjee, J. (author) and Apurba Sinha Ray, J.; outcome: allowed.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner Bhadeswar alias Bhodo alias Bhadreswar Barik directed to be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, subject to conditions: appearance before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders; no intimidation of witnesses or tampering with evidence; while on bail not leaving the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station; and meeting the officer-in-charge of the concerned police station once in a fortnight until further orders.