Tapas Bauri And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal
12/03/2026 D/L - 36 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 647 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Barjora P.S case no. 219 of 2025 dated 21/12/2025 under sections 329(4)/115(2)/118(1)(2)/76/3(5) of the BNS.
In the matter of: Tapas Bauri & Anr.
...Petitioners.
Mr. Soumik Ganguly Ms. Indranil Roy Ms. Priti Burman ...for the petitioners.
Ms. Baisali Basu Ms. Rita Datta ...for the State.
1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits as follows. The minor girl from the village of the petitioners was kidnapped by the de-facto complainant's family members. Villagers went there and asked for return of the minor girl. Before this missing diary had been lodged in respect of the said minor girl. An altercation took place. There were case and counter case. None of the injuries received were grievous in nature.
2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. She relies on the statements of witnesses and the injury reports which, however, do not show infliction of any grievous injury.
3. Considering the above and the fact that there are case and counter case, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case
and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
4. 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, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further conditions that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioners shall meet the I.O once a week till submission of report in final form.
5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.
6. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.
(Jay Sengupta, J.)