Satyadev Shukla And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

CRM (A) 498 of 2022 06.04.2022 Sl. 55 Court No.29 suvayan (Rejected) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kalighat P.S. Case No. 142 of 2021 dated 15/11/2021 under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1908 read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

And In the matter of: Satyadev Shukla & Ors.

....petitioners.

Mr. Bibek Jyoti Basu Mr. Sandeep Prasad Shaw Ms. Priyanka Gupta Ms. Ilika Patra ... for the petitioners.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Ld. PP Ms. Sayanti Santra ...for the State.

Mr. Sourav Chatterjee Mr. Apalok Basu Mr. Dipak Dey ...for the de facto complainant.

Petitioners seek anticipatory bail.

Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were falsely implicated.

State and the de facto complainant are represented. Learned Public Prosecutor draws the attention of the Court to the materials in the case diary. He submits that the entirety of 'Streedhan' articles could not be seized. Moreover, the police complaint was lodged within seven months of marriage.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein and considering the fact that the complaint was lodged within seven months of marriage, we are unable to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 498 of 2022, is rejected.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)