Md. Ashique Iqbal v. State Of West Bengal

28.02.2024 Ct. No. 29 S.D.

Allowed C.R.M.(A) 691 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Islampur Cyber Crime Police Station Case No. 28 of 2023 dated 28.10.2023 under Sections 419/420/406/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code read with 66C/66D of Information Technology Act.

And In Re : Md. Ashique Iqbal ...... petitioner Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Mr. S. Khandekar Ms. Sompurna Chatterjee Ms. Swati Jha ...for the petitioner Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya ...for the State Mr. Pronojit Roy ..for the defacto-complainant Petitioner, State and the defacto-complainant are represented.

It is submitted on behalf of the defacto-complainant that the defacto-complainant and the petitioner entered into an arrangement by which the petitioner would be paying the defacto-complainant.

In view of such stand being taken by the defactocomplainant, we 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/-, 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. The petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation. The petitioner 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 petitioner 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.)