Ananda Mandal @ Ananda Mondal v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court bail order (07.07.2026, Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) allowing bail under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 483 BNSS 2023 to Ananda Mandal @ Ananda Mondal, accused in Gazole Police Station Case No. 326 of 2024 dated 01.05.2024 under Sections 302/34 IPC; grounds: custody exceeding 2 years 2 months, trial delay (only 2 of 19 witnesses examined), no criminal antecedents; bail bond Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local) before CJM, Malda; conditions: attendance on every trial date, confinement to Malda district, exclusion from Gazole Police Station area until witness evidence concluded.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail upon bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local), to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda, subject to conditions of personal attendance on every trial date, not leaving the Malda district without permission, and not entering Gazole Police Station limits until the relevant witness evidence concludes; the application was thereafter disposed of.