23.07.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 257. Kausik (Rejected) CRM (M) 1448 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Kandi Police Station Case No. 317 of 2025 dated 24.06.2025 under sections 179/180 of BNS, 2023. And In the matter of : Mehraj Sk ……Petitioner. Mr. Shekhar Kr. Basu, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sayan Mukherjee Mr. Anisur Rahman ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Bhaskar Seth Mr. Arnab Sau ……for the State. Supplementary affidavit filed by the petitioner be kept with the record. Learned senior advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that out of 8 witnesses cited by the prosecution, till date only 2 witnesses have been examined and petitioner is in custody for about 13 months. Learned advocate for the State submits that about 30 thousand FICN were recovered from the present petitioner. Petitioner’s prayer for bail was withdrawn on 06.05.2026 in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 2688/2026. 2 Having considered that the evidence of the case is progressing, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. State would take steps to complete the available witnesses within a reasonable period of time. At this stage, the prayer for bail in CRM (M) 1448 of 2026 is rejected.

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.)

23.07.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 257. Kausik (Rejected) CRM (M) 1448 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Kandi Police Station Case No. 317 of 2025 dated 24.06.2025 under sections 179/180 of BNS, 2023. And In the matter of : Mehraj Sk ……Petitioner. Mr. Shekhar Kr. Basu, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sayan Mukherjee Mr. Anisur Rahman ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Bhaskar Seth Mr. Arnab Sau ……for the State. Supplementary affidavit filed by the petitioner be kept with the record. Learned senior advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that out of 8 witnesses cited by the prosecution, till date only 2 witnesses have been examined and petitioner is in custody for about 13 months. Learned advocate for the State submits that about 30 thousand FICN were recovered from the present petitioner. Petitioner’s prayer for bail was withdrawn on 06.05.2026 in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 2688/2026. 2 Having considered that the evidence of the case is progressing, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. State would take steps to complete the available witnesses within a reasonable period of time. At this stage, the prayer for bail in CRM (M) 1448 of 2026 is rejected.

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.)