Bharat Mahato v. State Of West Bengal

23.12.2022 sdas rejected C.R.M. (DB) No. 4603 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kalyani Police Station Case No. 167 of 2022 dated 18.04.2022 under Section 376AB of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 4/6 of the POCSO Act and Sections 66E/67B of the Information Technology Act. And In Re : Bharat Mahato ..... petitioner Mr. Sourav Chakraborty ... for the petitioner Mr. Swapan Banerjee Mr. Suman De ... for the State Heard the learned Counsels appearing for the parties. We have considered the materials on record. Petitioner is involved in a paedophile act. He made obscene video of a minor and uploaded it on the Internet. Electronic evidence in support of the allegation has been collected. In view of the gravity of the offence, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

The application for bail is, thus, rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)