Uma Chatterjee And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

20.02.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 743 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Nalhati Police Station Case No. 426 of 2022 dated 08.11.2022 under Sections 323/324/305/326/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Uma Chatterjee & Ors.

...... petitioners Mr. Saikat Chatterjee Mr. Abdur Rakib ....for the petitioners Md. Anwar Hossain Ms. Ratna Ghosh ....for the State The injuries do not suggest that the injured suffered grievous hurt.

Apparently, there was an incident of assault between the family members.

In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each, 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 no.

(Tapan Chakraborty) shall meet the

Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner nos. 1 (Uma Chatterjee) and 3 (Chhanda Chakraborty @ Khusi Chakraborty) shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that the petitioners 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 petitioners 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.)