Shahid v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (M) 2698 of 2025; bail application dismissed; petitioner Shahid; S.T.F. Kolkata Police Station case no. 11 of 2023 dated 27.02.2023; Sections 120B/489B/489C Indian Penal Code; Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 483 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; evidence of last witness in progress; bail refused at advanced trial stage; Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; State represented by Arindam Sen and Tirthankar Dhali; earlier hearing dated 23.12.2025 without representation for petitioner.
What did the court decide?
Since the evidence of the last witness was in progress, it was not fit and proper to release the petitioner on bail at that stage; accordingly, the bail application was dismissed. ¶11