For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rahul Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

3 21-01-2026 Heard Mr. Rahul Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since

19.06.2025 in connection with Digha P.S. Case No. 866 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 20.11.2024 for the offences punishable under Sections 309(6), 103(1), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita , 2023 and 27 of the Arms Act .

3. According to prosecution case, the informant alleged that on 18.11.2024, his son has been shot dead by the unknown miscreants and looted his belongings.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co- accused person, namely, Sanjeev Kumar and thereafter confessional statement of the petitioner was recorded in which he has stated that he was involved in the present crime in