Pradip Kumar Rana v. State Of West Bengal

16.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 185 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Keshpur Police Station Case No. 316 of 2022 dated 26.11.2022 under Sections 498A/323/325/376/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3/ 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

And In Re : Pradip Kumar Rana ...... petitioner Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra ....for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherji, Ld. P.P.

Mr. Partha Pratim Das, Mrs. Manasi Roy ....for the State The husband is still in custody.

The petitioner before us is the father-in-law. Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein transpiring from the materials in the Case Diary 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 be 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 cooperate with the Investigating Officer and meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight till the conclusion of investigation 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.

This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)