Alok Halder v. State Of West Bengal

02.03.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 906 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chapra Police Station Case No. 43 of 2023 dated 21.01.2023 under Sections 363/365/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. And In Re : Alok Halder ...... petitioner Mr. Asraf Mondal ....for the petitioner Mr. Sujan Chatterjee ....for the State The victim recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) where, she says that she went with the petitioner due to love affair. In view of such 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim, 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 and on further condition that the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that 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.)