Amitabh Roy v. The State Of West Bengal

12.03.2025 Ct. No. 26 S.D.

Allowed C.R.M.(A) 568 of 2025 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Narendrapur Police Station Case No. 847 dated 15.07.2024 under Sections 417/419/420/406/120B of the Indian Penal Code pending before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore.

And In Re : Amitabh Roy ...... petitioner Mr. Akash Ganguly .....for the petitioner Mr. Anand Keshari Mr. Dattatreya Dutta ...for the State Ms. Urbi Banerjee Roy Mr. Aveek Bose Ms. Simontini Bhadra ...for the defacto complainant The petitioner complied with the direction of the Coordinate Bench dated February 25, 2025 and deposited a sum of Rs.25 lakh with the learned Trial Court. Learned advocate appearing for the defacto complainant submits that on an application for withdrawal, the prayer was rejected by the Jurisdictional Court.

It is for the defacto complainant to take appropriate steps with regard to her prayer for withdrawal of the amount. Since, the petitioner complied with the direction of the Coordinate Bench dated February 25, 2025 and considering the materials in the case diary, we do not find it necessary to place the petitioner in detention at this stage.

Considering the nature of the incident, involvement of the petitioner therein and the nature of injuries, 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 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. The petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation. 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.) (Smita Das De, J.)