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Gopal Durlav v. State of West Bengal

Calcutta HC26 Jun 2025CRM (DB)/1030/2025

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What is this about?

Long-incarceration bail plea (custody exceeding eight years) rejected at this stage where the State committed to examining five remaining witnesses and completing trial within three months of the next evidence date; trial court directed to conclude trial expeditiously; Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure; Section 483 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; implication via Section 161 CrPC statement; correction of cause title 'CRM (M)' to 'CRM (DB)' in order dated 17.06.2025; Gopal Durlav; Amdanga Police Station Case No. 412 of 2016; C.R.M. (DB) 1030 of 2025.

What did the court decide?

In view of the submission made on behalf of the State that five more witnesses remain to be examined and the trial will be completed within three months from the next date fixed for evidence, the prayer for bail is rejected at this stage. ¶14

Gopal Durlav Vs State of West Bengal — Bail and Remand | Calcutta HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner (in custody for more than eight years, father-in-law of the victim) should be granted bail under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 483 BNSS 2023 in connection with Amdanga Police Station Case No. 412 of 2016, given the State's submission that the remaining witnesses will be examined and the trial completed within three months.

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Court's answer

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Ratio / Principle

The learned trial Court is directed to conclude the trial expeditiously in the light of the submission made on behalf of the State.

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Key takeaways

The cause title of the order dated June 17, 2025 is corrected so that 'CRM (M) No. 1030 of 2025' is read as 'CRM (DB) No. 1030 of 20-25'; the department is directed to incorporate the necessary correction and this order is to be treated as part of the order dated June 17, 2025.ratio¶6

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail application under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 483 BNSS 2023 in connection with Amdanga Police Station Case No. 412 of 2016 (dated 18.09.2016). Petitioner Gopal Durlav, father-in-law of the victim, in custody for over eight years and implicated through a statement recorded under Section 161 CrPC. The State submitted that five more witnesses were left to be examined and that trial would be completed within three months from the next date fixed for evidence. On that basis, the prayer for bail was rejected at this stage; the trial court was directed to conclude the trial expeditiously; the bail application stood disposed of and the case diary returned. Separately, an inadvertent error in the cause title of the order dated 17.06.2025 was corrected ('CRM (M)' to read as 'CRM (DB)'), the department directed to incorporate the correction, and the corrective order made part of that order.

Gopal Durlav v. State of West Bengal

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