Prabhat Kumar Moldal v. State Of West Bengal

13.02.2024 Item No.15 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 420 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Suri Police Station Case No. 353 of 2023 dated 17.08.2023 under Sections 365 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 25/27 and 35 of the Arms Act, 1959.. And In the matter of : Prabhat Kumar Mondal ...... petitioner Mr. D. N. Chatterjee, Mr. Bimal Sil ....for the petitioner Mrs. Rituparna De Ghose ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

Co-accused were enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated January 17, 2024 passed in CRM(A) 116 of 2024, January 30, 2024 passed in CRM(A) 248 of 2024 and January 4, 2024 passed in CRM(A) 4481 of 2023.

Consequently, we extend same facility to the petitioner before us.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), 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 will report before the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of 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. CRM(A) 420 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)