Firose Sk @ Sk. Firoz And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

19.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 268 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Santragachi Police Station Case No. 101 of 2022 dated 05.11.2022 under Sections 498A/307 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/ 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. And In Re : Firose Sk. & Anr.

...... petitioners Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty ....for the petitioners Mr. Bidyut Kumar Roy Ms. Rita Dutta ....for the State The police complaint was lodged eight years after marriage.

The allegations against the petitioner, apparently, are omnibus and general in nature.

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 month 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.)