Susanta Malo v. State Of West Bengal

17/02/2026 D/L - 46 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 356 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Burdwan P.S case no. 423 of 2025 dated 17/4/2025 under sections 420/464/465/466/467/468/471/34 of the IPC.

In the matter of: Susanta Malo

...Petitioner.

Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta Mr. Sougata Mitra Ms. Sofia Nesar Mr. Santanu Sett Mr. Nikhil Gupta Ms. Soma Chakraborty Mr. Subhadeep Maitra ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Partha Pratim Das Mr. Mainak Gupta ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the only allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner inherited the property which was allegedly obtained by fraud by the petitioner's father by using forged documents.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

3. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the I.O once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.

5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

6. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)