Noor Hossain @ Noor Hasan @ Joralka v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: bail rejected; Section 483 BNSS 2023; Sections 363/302/201 IPC; kidnapping and murder of minor; victim last seen together with accused; prolonged incarceration (over two years and six months); charge framed but trial not commenced; vital witnesses yet to be examined; heinous nature of crime; Trial Court directed to expedite charge and trial; Khardah Police Station Case No. 68 of 2024 dated 31.01.2024; C.R.M.(M) 910 of 2026; Vacation Bench order dated 05.06.2026; petitioner Noor Hossain alias Noor Hasan alias Joralka; advocates Angshuman Chakraborty, Samarjit Sengupta, Shashanka Shekhar Saha (petitioner), Pritam Roy and Arnab Sau (State); signed by Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.
What did the court decide?
Given the heinous nature of the crime (kidnapping and murder of a minor, with whom the petitioner was last seen together), the court held that grant of bail might have serious consequences.