Amal Barman v. State Of West Bengal

01.03.2022 Court No.32 rpan / 42 CRM (A) 440 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure;

And In Re : Amal Barman - Petitioner Mr. Kaushik Chaudhury, Ms. Bursa Khatun ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. Swapan Banerjee, Mr. Suman De ... for the State.

Apprehending arrest in connection with Hili Police Station Case no.14 of 2021 dated 28.01.2021 under Sections 411/414/186/188/353/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Sections 21(C)/22(C)/23(C)/27A/20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the petitioner has filed the present application.

Heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and considered the materials on record. It appears that no contraband substance above commercial quantity was recovered from the possession of the petitioner and that his name has transpired on the basis of the co-accused statement before the police officer which is inadmissible in evidence. In view thereof, the statutory restrictions are not attracted. Upon completion of investigation, charge sheet has also been submitted and as such, we are of the opinion that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not necessary and his prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner, namely, Amal Barman shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is further directed that the petitioner shall attend the learned court below on all the dates specified for hearing and shall not tamper with the evidence and/or intimidate the witnesses in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to comply with the aforesaid directions, without any justifiable cause, the learned court below shall be at liberty to cancel his bail, in accordance with law, without further reference to this Court.

The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 440 of 2022 is, thus, disposed of.

All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Sugato Majumdar, J.) (Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.)