Chittaranjan Saha v. State Of West Bengal

14.03.2022 Serial no.4 Aloke Ct. No. 29 CRM (A) 1059 of 2022 In re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 28.02.2022 in connection with Belghoria Police Station Case No. 92 of 2022 dated 14.02.2022 under Sections 135/138 of the of the Electricity Act, 2003.

-AndIn the matter of : Chittaranjan Saha ... ...Petitioner Mr. Indranil Halder, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Ms. Kum Kum Mitra, Advocate ... ... For the State Ms. Sreyashee Biswas, Advocate ... ... For the CESC In view of the petitioner depositing 50% of the provisional assessment bill with the Distribution Company in terms of the order dated March 3, 2022 and in view of 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on further condition that the petitioner shall appear before the Court below and prayer for regular bail within four weeks from date. The prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.

CRM (A) 1059 of 2022 is disposed of.

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