Santu Roy @ Paltu v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail rejected - renewed prayer on ground of delay in trial; earlier rejection on merits dated May 01, 2024; petitioner Santu Roy @ Paltu in custody more than a year; offence punishable, if proved, with mandatory life imprisonment (Sections 302/201/34 IPC); slow trial - four of twenty-three witnesses examined, cross-examination of PW-5 not commenced; Mohanpur Police Station Case No. 272 of 2023 dated 07.11.2023; Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 483 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; application disposed of; case diary returned; single-justice order signed by Suvra Ghosh, J.; decision date 07.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
In view of the earlier observation of this Court on merits and because the petitioner has been in custody for more than a year in a case where, if the offence is proved, the mandatory punishment is life imprisonment, the renewed prayer for bail (made primarily on the ground of delay in trial) is rejected at this stage.