Dipak Das @ Bapi Vs State of West Bengal — Cheating and Forgery | Calcutta HC (2026)

Dipak Das @ Bapi Vs State of West Bengal — Cheating and Forgery | Calcutta HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Prayer for bail allowed: petitioner Dipak Das @ Bapi to be released on bail upon bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local), subject to physical presence before the Trial Court on every date and no departure from Hooghly district without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner should be enlarged on bail in a job-scam case (Sections 420/406/467/468/504/506/34 IPC, Haripal P.S. Case No. 553 of 2023) on the ground of prolonged detention — two years four months in custody with trial at the stage of 4 of 23 witnesses examined — without adjudicating the merits of the accusations.

Court's answer

Bail granted solely on the ground of the petitioner's period of detention (two years four months), without entering into the merits of the job-scam accusations against him.

Ratio / Principle

Release directed 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 the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandernagore, Hooghly.

Key takeaways

Bail conditions imposed: the petitioner, if on bail, shall be physically present before the learned Trial Court on each and every date and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Hooghly without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal miscellaneous — bail under S.439 CrPC / S.483 BNSS 2023 — applicant Dipak Das @ Bapi in custody two years four months in Haripal Police Station case no. 553 of 2023 dated 09.12.2023 under Sections 420/406/467/468/504/506/34 IPC (job scam allegations); trial pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 2nd Court, Chandernagore, Hooghly, with only 4 of 23 witnesses examined — bail allowed solely on the ground of period of detention, without entering into the merits; release on bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local) to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM, Chandernagore; conditions: physical presence before the Trial Court on each and every date and no leaving the jurisdiction of Hooghly district without prior permission. — Tirthankar Ghosh, J.

09.07.2026 Court No.35. D/L.07. Rakib (Allowed)

CRM (M) 2799 of 2025

In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Haripal Police Station case no. 553 of 2023 dated 09.12.2023 under Sections 420/406/467/468/504/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And

In the matter of : Dipak Das @ Bapi

Mr. Tapas Kr. Ghosh Mr. Tanmoy Chowdhury Mr. Sagar Saha

……Petitioner. .....for the Petitioner. ……for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for two years four months. The offences complained of are being tried before the learned Judicial Magistrate, 2^nd Court, Chandernagore, Hooghly. Out of 23 witnesses 4 witnesses have already been examined.

Mr. Sagar Saha, learned advocate appearing for the State. His appointment may be regularized by the concerned authorities.

Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

I have taken into account the period of detention of the present petitioner. Although, the facts of the case relate to a job scam and there are specific accusations against the petitioner but without entering into the merits of the case, only the ground of period of detention of the present petitioner, I am inclined to release

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the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

As such, the petitioner, namely, Dipak Das @ Bapi shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandernagore, Hooghly.

If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of Hooghly without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.

Thus, CRM (M) No. 2799 of 2025 is allowed.

Memo of evidence submitted by the State be kept with the record.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)