Kamal Chakraborty v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (M) 1599 of 2026; bail application under S.483 BNSS 2023 / S.439 CrPC 1973; Kamal Chakraborty, Sub-Inspector of Police, Special Branch, public servant; Bhadreswar Police Station Case No. 462 of 2024 dated 23.11.2024; BNS 2023 Sections 316(2)/338/316(5)/318(4)/336(2)/336(3)/340(2)/61(2) and 338/316(5); Passport Act 1967 S.12(1)(b); Aadhaar Act 2016 S.34/35/52; Registration of Birth and Death Act 1969 S.23; passport verification of foreign nationals; custody over 1 year 3 months; co-accused released on bail; 11 witnesses examined; complicity different from other accused; influential public servant; possibility of manipulating trial; bail dismissed; Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; decided 30.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
The complicity of the present petitioner is completely different from that of the other accused persons, having regard to his role of being responsible for verification of passports, which in this case seems to be of many foreign nationals.