Sk Sintu@Sk Santu v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 142 of 2023 16.01.2023 Sl.14 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chandipur Police Station Case No.118 of 2022 dated 21.04.2022 under Sections 365/363/366 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Sk. Sintu @ Sk. Santu ....petitioner.

Mr. Amal Krishna Samanta ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Tanmoy Kumar Ghosh, Ld. Sr. Government Advocate Mr. Arindam Sen ...for the State.

Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

A victim of fifteen years of age, claims in her statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that the petitioner persuaded her to go to his place where she was asked to marry him. She informerd her parents whereupon her parents rescued her.

The age of the petitioner apparently is twenty years. The police filed charge sheet.

Considering the age of the petitioner and considering the materials in the case diary and considering the fact that the police filed charge sheet, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the

petitioner shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default, the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. C.R.M. (A) 142 of 2023 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)