Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court; Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; order dated 06.03.2026; bail applications under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 483 BNSS; CRM(M) 1872 of 2025 (Pradip Mondal) and CRM(M) 1858 of 2025 (Laltu Mondal); Dhubulia Police Station Case No. 425 of 2024 dated 02.12.2024 (G.R. No. 842/2025); Arms Act Sections 25(1)(a)/25(1B)(a)/25(b)/25(B); Section 111 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; recovery of two 7 mm improvised semi-automatic pistols, extra magazines, ten rounds of ammunition; eight pending criminal cases; NDPS Act; FICN; conviction under Sections 489B/489C IPC; custody 1 year 3 months; ten witnesses; PW-2 evidence in progress; eyewitnesses CSW-3 and CSW-4; bail rejected; liberty to approach Court after eyewitness evidence; case diary returned.
What did the court decide?
Bail rejected for both petitioners and both applications dismissed. In CRM (M) 1858 of 2025: State directed to rely on eyewitnesses CSW-3 and CSW-4 at the next schedule after the present witnesses' evidence is over; petitioner at liberty to approach the Court after completion of the eyewitnesses' evidence; case diary to be returned to State counsel; parties to act on server copy of the order; certified copy to be supplied on compliance with formalities.