Calcutta HC Seeks WB Govt's Reply On Man's Plea Claiming That His Father Has Gone 'Missing' From Correctional Home

The Calcutta High Court has called for a report from the West Bengal Government in a Habeas Corpus Plea filed by one Buddhadeb Bhowmick who has alleged that his father has gone missing from judicial remand at the Presidency Correctional Home.

Hearing the matter on December, 27, a vacation bench of Justice R. K. Kapur and Justice Krishna Rao had asked the state government to file a report with regard to the claims made in the plea by December 30.

Now, the vacation Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Bibhas Ranjan De will be hearing the matter tomorrow i.e., December 30.

The Case in brief

Buddhadeb Bhowmick has claimed that his father, Ranjit Bhowmik, who had been arrested by the West Bengal police in connection with a case of alleged possession of spurious liquor, is presently under illegal detention of the Respondent Authorities as he has already been granted bail by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uluberia on December 21, 2021.

In his plea, he has alleged that on December 21, his father was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Uluberia, when a bail petition was moved and after being satisfied, his father was directed to be enlarged on bail upon fulfilling of certain conditions.

Thereafter, the plea adds, the Advocate completed all the formal documentation and asked the Petitioner to visit the Presidency Jail at Alipore at 10 A.M. on 22.12.2021 to get his father released, however, when he reached there, the Petitioner was informed that his father has been released on 21 December itself.

Against this backdrop, the plea claims that to date there is no trace of his father and that he is running from pillar to post to find the whereabouts of his Father. In light of this, the Petitioner moved the High Court with an apprehension that his father may have died in custody and the Respondent authorities are hiding such a fact.

It may be noted that his father was transferred from Uluberia sub-divisional correctional home to Presidency in Kolkata on December 12, after his health deteriorated, from where, it has been alleged, the corpus has gone missing.