Ronit Mondal@ Pijush Mondal@ Piyush Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

13.02.2024 Item No.124 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 208 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Islampur Police Station Case No. 412/2023 dated 03.10.2023 under Sections 363/365/34 of the Indian Penal Code and adding Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

And In the matter of : Ronit Mondal @ Pijush Mondal @ Piyush Mondal ...... petitioner Mr. Tapodip Gupta ....for the petitioner Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Asraf Mandal ....for the State Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh, Ms. Sompurna Chatterjee, Mr. Sourav Mondal, Ms. Labani Sikder ....for the de facto complainant Petitioner apparently is 18 years of age.

Victim is about 16 years of age.

Materials in the Case Diary suggest requirement of counseling rather than custodial interrogation of the petitioner. 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 will report before the Investigating Officer once in a month 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. CRM(A) 208 of 2024 is disposed of.

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