Sultana Bibi v. State Of West Bengal

06.02.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 487 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. 1657 of 2022 dated 02.11.2022 under Sections 498A/304B/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Sultana Bibi ...... petitioner Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmik ....for the petitioner Mr. S. G. Mukherjee, learned Public Prosecutor Mr. Aniket Mitra ....for the State The State did not oppose the claim for parity with the other co-accuseds, who were enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated January 10, 2023 passed in CRM(A) 67 of 2023. 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/-, 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 shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the 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. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)