Ulema Bibi @ Ruli Bibi And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

11.02.2026 Court No.28 Item No. 33 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 127 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Samsherganj P.S. Case No.560 of 2025 dated 15.05.2025 under Sections 85/80/103/3(5) of the BNS, 2023 charge sheet submitted under Sections 85/80(2) of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

And In the matter of: Ulema Bibi & Ruli Bibi & Ors. ....Petitioners.

Mr. Bikram Banerjee Mr. Sondwip Sutradhar ....for the petitioners Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya Mr. Sandip Kundu ....for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the mother-in-law, who is suffering from partial paralysis, the father-in-law, the brother-in-law, the sister-inlaw and her husband. The principal accused, being the husband, was arrested and was thereafter granted bail. The marriage took place ten months prior to the incident.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the inquest report, the post mortem report, the statements of local witnesses as well as relatives of the victim.

Considering the materials available in the case diary including the statements of witnesses, the alleged roles ascribed to the present petitioners, the fact that the principal accused being the husband was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and that the charge

sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

In the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further condition that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses, shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. The presence of the Investigating Officer is noted and is dispensed with.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)