Prabir Das @ Utpal Das v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (DB) 323 of 2025; reported at 7 ARDR; decided 17 July 2025 by Suvra Ghosh, J.; bail rejected at this stage; Section 483 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; Sections 85/80(2) BNS 2023; Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; Raghunathganj Police Station Case No. 998 of 2024 dated 14/8/2024; petitioner Prabir Das @ Utpal Das; custody exceeding three hundred days; charge sheet submitted; charges framed; witnesses not yet examined; risk of winning over or intimidating witnesses; co-accused mother-in-law not surrendered; victim suicide within one and half years of marriage; case diary to be returned.
What did the court decide?
In the event the petitioner is released on bail at this stage, the likelihood of his winning over the witnesses or intimidating them cannot be ruled out. ¶11