Purnima Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

28.02.2022 Serial no. 34 Dd CRM (A) 999 of 2022 In re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 23 of 2022 dated 18.01.2022 under Sections 341/324/326/427/506 of the Indian Penal Code. -AndIn the matter of : Purnima Mondal ... Petitioner Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, Mr. Sussrigdho Bhattacharya, Sk. Nizamuddin, Ms. Barnali Gupta, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Sandip Chakraborty, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was in fact assaulted by a mob. Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the injury report.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein, we are inclined to 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/- (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 shall appear before

the Court below and pray for regular bail within a period of four weeks from date and on further condition petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

CRM (A) 999 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)