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Akhil Bhowmick and Ors. v. Central Bureau of Investigation

Calcutta HC24 Feb 2025CRM (DB)/147/2025

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What is this about?

Application seeking waiver of bail conditions imposed while granting bail in 2025. The court directed the trial court to prepone examination of vulnerable witnesses and, after their evidence concludes, consider waiving the bail conditions on application if no compelling circumstances exist.

What did the court decide?

No immediate waiver of bail conditions; trial court directed to expedite vulnerable witnesses' evidence and empowered to consider waiver thereafter.

Akhil Bhowmick and Ors. Vs Central Bureau of Investigation — Bail and Remand | Calcutta HC (2025)

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06.05.2026 Court No.35. M/L. 54. Kausik

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CRM (DB) 147 of 2025 With CRAN 1 of 2025

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In Re: An Application for relaxation/modification/waiver of conditions of bail.

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And

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In the matter of : Akhil Bhowmick & Ors.

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……Petitioners.

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Mr. Ranadeb Sengupta Mr. Litan Maitra

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……for the Petitioners.

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Mr. Amajit De, Special PP, CBI

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….for the CBI.

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Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits

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that the present conditions imposed while granting bail to the petitioner on 24.02.2025, is creating hardship. To that effect, petitioner prays for waiver of the conditions.

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On the other hand, Mr. De, learned advocate appearing for the CBI submits that at least, 4/5 vulnerable witnesses are there who are required to be examined and until the said witnesses are examined, the waiver of the conditions may prejudice the prosecution.

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Having considered that the case was registered in the year 2021 and petitioner was granted bail in the year 2025 and since then he is complying with the conditions, after his release, the learned Trial Court would ensure that the

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vulnerable witnesses, proposed to be examined by the prosecution, be preponed.

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Once the evidence of the vulnerable witnesses are over, the learned Trial court, on an application advanced by the present petitioners, would consider whether the conditions imposed while granting bail in CRM(DB) 147 of 2025 is creating hardship and thereafter would be at liberty to waive the conditions if there are no other compelling circumstances.

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With the aforesaid observations CRAN 1 of 2025 is disposed of.

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Report submitted by the CBI be kept with the record.

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All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

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(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)

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