Petitioner v. State Of West Bengal

20/02/2026 D/L - 35 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 247 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Beldanga P.S case no. 638 of 2024 dated 23/8/2024 under Sections 376(2)(n) of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO ACT. In the matter of: XXX

...Petitioner.

Mr. Joy Chakraborty ...for the petitioner.

Ms. Chandrima Debnath ...for the victim.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Mujibar Ali Naskar ...for the State.

1. Report filed by the State is taken on record.

2. Heard the learned counsels for the petitioner, the de-facto complainant and the State.

3. As per the subsequent statements of the alleged survivor made before the police as also before the learned Magistrate, the victim is a major at present. According to her, they were in a relationship. However, the alleged victim married the petitioner after they became major.

4. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that charge-sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. In the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 further conditions that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date and regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

6. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

7. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)