Advocates:
R. C. KAUSHIK

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ITEM NO.18 COURT NO.5 SECTION II-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 12148/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 21-10-2022

in CRM(DB) No. 3740/2022 passed by the High Court At Calcutta)

RAFIKUL ISLAM DARJI & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF WEST BENGAL Respondent(s)

IA No. 10631/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION

IA No. 6688/2023 - APPLICATION FOR TAKING ON RECORD

IA No. 195055/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT, IA No. 10634/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 6689/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 12-04-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sukesh Ghosh, Adv.

Mr. Debasish Kar, Adv.

Mr. P. C. Das, Adv.

Mr. Jaydeep Chatterjee, Adv.

Mr. Hitesh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR

For Respondent(s) Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR

Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv.

Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv.

Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv.

Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv.

Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv.

Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv.

Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

The petitioner is seeking post-arrest bail pending trial which

was declined by the High Court under order impugned dated

Digitally signed by

Ashwani Kumar

Date: 2023.04.13

16:57:13 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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21.10.2022.

Looking to the nature of crime instituted against the

petitioners under Sections 342, 346, 365, 368, 370, 465, 467, 471 &

120-B of IPC, we are not inclined to interfere in the order

impugned at this stage.

However, let the statements of the prosecutrix/victims be

recorded at the earliest and after their statements are recorded,

the petitioners are at liberty to renew their application for bail,

if so advised.

The special leave petition is dismissed with the aforesaid

liberty.

Pending application(s), if any, stands disposed of

accordingly.

(VIRENDER SINGH)

(ASHWANI KUMAR)

BRANCH OFFICER

ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS