Susanta Chatterjee And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

16.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 174 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Arambagh Police Station Case No. 374 of 2022 dated 29.12.2022 under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Susanta Chatterjee & Anr.

...... petitioners Mr. Tapas Kumar Ghosh Mr. Tanmoy Chowdhury ....for the petitioners Mr. Binoy Panda Mr. Subham Bhakat ....for the State Apparently, the victim committed suicide.

The victim left behind a suicide note implicating the two petitioners as the persons, who are responsible. There is no statement of any independent person involving the petitioners in abetting the commission of the suicide at this stage.

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/- 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 meet the Investigating Officer once a week till the conclusion of the investigation and on 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. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)