Ratan Mondal And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

17.01.2024 Item No.11 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 119 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Banshihari Police Station Case No. 183 of 2023 dated 25.07.2023 under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

And In the matter of : Ratan Mondal & ors.

...... petitioners Mr. Kaushik Chaudhury, Mr. Busra Khatun ....for the petitioners Mr. Sanjib Kumar Dan ....for the State Petitioners pray for anticipatory bail.

Victim apparently committed suicide.

Husband of the victim was arrested and granted bail by the jurisdictional Court.

Police filed charge-sheet.

Petitioners before us are the in-laws of the victim. As to whether, the petitioners abetted in the commission of the suicide of the victim is an issue which may be decided at the trial.

In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of

Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, 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 and on further condition that the petitioners 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 petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. CRM(A) 119 of 2024 is disposed of.

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