Sanjib Kumar Majumdar v. State Of West Bengal

24.01.2024 Serial no. 16 Anticipatory bail [Allowed] Dd CRM (A) 195 of 2024 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kharagpur Town Police Station Case No. 270 of 2023 dated 1st February, under Sections 498(A)/323/307/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

(G.R. Case No. 541 / 2023) -AndIn the matter of : Sanjib Kumar Majumdar ... ... Petitioner Mr. Swapan Kr. Mazumder, Mr. Saptarshi Mazumdar, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Ms. Debjani Sahu, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioner before us is the husband. The police complaint was lodged 24 years after marriage. Apparently, the petitioner was not present at the time of place of occurrence of the incident of assault. In such circumstances, 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 further condition that the petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 195 of 2024 is disposed of.

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