Purnima Saha Khanra And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

31.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 395 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Mahisadal Police Station Case No. 401 of 2022 dated 20.11.2022 under Sections 341/323/324/325/379/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Purnima Saha Khanra & Ors.

...... petitioners Ms. Pampa dey Dhabal ....for the petitioners Mr. Sujan chatterjee ....for the State There is a previous civil suit pending between the private parties.

The injury report does not suggest that the injured suffered grievous hurt.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein, 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 petitioner nos. 1 (Purnima Saha Khanra) and 3 (Manisha Khanra) shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner no. 2 (Asit Kumar Khanra @ Asit Khanra) 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.)