Kazi Mahammad Arif@Kazi Mahammad v. State Of West Bengal

16.02.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 688 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bolpur Police Station Case No. 399 of 2022 dated 24.12.2022 under Sections 498A/323/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3/ 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. And In Re : Kazi Mahammad Arif @ Kazi Mahammad ...... petitioner Mr. Sujoy Sarkar Mr. Rahul Chachan ....for the petitioner Mr. S. G.Mukherjee, learned Public Prosecutor Mr. Aniket Mitra ....for the State This is the second police complaint, inter alia, under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The petitioner is on bail on the first police complaint. The injury suffered is simple in nature.

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 meet the Investigating Officer once a month 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.)