Ramesh Samanta@Anil Kumar Samanta And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

24.02.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 828 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Daspur Police Station Case No. 267 of 2022 dated 01.07.2022 under Sections 306/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Ramesh Samanta @ Anil Kumar Samanta & Ors. ...... petitioners Mr. Malay Bhattacharya Mr. Gourab Ghosh ....for the petitioners Mr. Sudip Kumar ....for the State The State did not oppose the claim for parity with the other co-accused, who was enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated January 30, 2023 passed in CRM(A) 361 of 2023. In such circumstances, we extend the same facility 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 petitioners shall meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight 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.)