Pranab Mandal @ Babua Master v. the State of West Bengal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Relaxation of bail conditions; Section 439(1)(b) CrPC 1973; Section 483(1)(b) BNSS 2023; Section 6 POCSO Act 2012; POCSO Case No. 03 of 2024; English Bazar Women Police Station Case No. 257 of 2023; Malda; service of notice on minor victim in vernacular; right to legal representation through Calcutta High Court Legal Services Committee at State cost; report on compliance of bail conditions; Pranab Kumar Mandal @ Babua Master; Chandreyi Dutta for the State; Bivas Pattanayak, J.; CRM (DB) 2987 of 2024; Calcutta High Court.
What did the court decide?
No final relief on the relaxation application. Interim procedural directions only: State to effect fresh service on the de facto complainant/victim in a comprehensible language, with notice of her right to be represented by a Calcutta High Court Legal Services Committee lawyer at no cost; State to file a fresh service report and a report on compliance of bail conditions; matter listed on 08.08.2025.