Meherul Hoque v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Meherul Hoque v. State; bail application under Section 483 BNSS 2023 rejected; Pukhuria PS Case No. 416 of 2023 dated 13/9/2023; Sections 364A/302/201/34 IPC (kidnapping for ransom, murder, destruction of evidence, common intention); offending weapon recovered from petitioner; SIM card of deceased found in petitioner's mobile phone; Rs.40,000/- transferred from deceased's account to petitioner's rummy account; ransom call to deceased's son; witnesses implicated petitioner in murder; Naraji application by defacto complainant allowed and further investigation directed; charge sheet after further investigation; earlier bail prayer turned down; custody one year eight months; Suvra Ghosh, J.; decided May 06, 2025.
What did the court decide?
It appears on the material on record that after the deceased went missing his son received a ransom call and the dead body was recovered thereafter; the offending weapon has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner's mobile phone contained the SIM card of the deceased.