Hazrat Omar @ Hazrat Ali v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (DB) 844 of 2025, decided May 08, 2025, Suvra Ghosh, J. — bail application under S.483 BNSS by Hazrat Omar @ Hazrat Ali in Beldanga PS Case No. 518 of 2020 (u/ss.341/302/34 IPC, ss.3/4 Explosive Substance Act, ss.25/27 Arms Act); trial ongoing (16 witnesses examined, IO among 2/3 remaining); bail rejected at this stage on grounds of gravity of offence, prima facie involvement, and pending one-year trial-completion timeline; application disposed of; case diary returned.
What did the court decide?
Since the one-year time limit fixed by this Court's earlier order of 10th July, 2024 for conclusion of the trial had not yet expired, and having regard to the gravity of the offence and the petitioner's prima facie involvement therein, this was not a fit case for releasing the petitioner on bail. ¶10