Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) allowing bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 to Sourav Das in C.R.M.(M) 1574 of 2026, arising from Chetla P.S Case No. 65 of 2022 (registered under Sections 307/34 IPC; charge sheet dated 29/11/2022 under section 302 IPC). Bail granted on the basis of prolonged pre-trial detention (three years nine months) and the further time the trial would take, with 16 witnesses already examined and 10 more proposed, expressly without entering into the merits. Bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local) to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Alipore, South 24 Parganas; conditions of attendance on every date and restriction on leaving District Kolkata Municipal Corporation jurisdiction without prior permission.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one of whom must be local), to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Alipore, South 24 Parganas; petitioner to be physically present on each and every date fixed before the learned Court and not to leave the jurisdiction of District Kolkata Municipal Corporation without prior permission of the learned Court.