Dilip Halder And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

03-02-2026 (ct. no. 28) KOLE Allowed 265700 CRM (A) 138 of 2026 In re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS in connection with Tehatta Police Station Case No. 984 of 2025 dated 22.12.2025 under Sections 107/85/3(5) of the BNSS.

- A n d - In the matter of : Dilip Halder & Ors.

.... Petitioners.

Mr. Amanul Islam, Mr. Sourav Mukherjee, ... For the Petitioners.

Ms. Sonali Das, Mr. Sufi Kamal, ... For the State.

Learned Advocate for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the father-in-law, an in-law and the mother in-law of the alleged victim. The marriage between the couple took place eight years ago. The principal accused, being the husband, was arrested and is still in custody. The victim had developed an illicit relationship with a third person.

Learned Advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the statement of witnesses and the post-mortem report. There is a mention of an illicit relationship in the statement of the neighbours and that allegedly became a bone of contention.

Considering the above and other materials available in the case diary and the fact that the principal accused, being the husband, was arrested and is in custody, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Their prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners, namely, Dilip Halder, Mousumi Halder and Saptami Halder 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 conditions that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses and shall cooperate with the investigation. The petitioner no. 1 shall meet the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of report in final form. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. ( Jay Sengupta, J. )