Rajib Kumar Roy @ Rajib Roy v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 1291 of 2022 21.03.2022 Sl. 14 Court No.29 sourav (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 14.03.2022 in connection with Purulia (M) P.S. Case No. 173 of 2017 dated 27.06.2017 under Sections 406/409/420/120B/506/507/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Rajib Kumar Roy @ Rajib Roy ....petitioner.

Mr. Shibaji Kumar Das Ms. Rupsa Sreemani ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Apurba Kumar Datta ...for the State.

Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that in a revisional application, there was a joint compromise between some of the accused persons and the defacto complainant. He submits that a portion of the amount argued on such compromise was paid. The balance portion will be paid upon the proceeding initiated under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act being withdrawn.

Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the materials in the case diary. In answer to a query of the Court, he submits that the police filed charge-sheet.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein and considering the fact that the police filed charge-sheet, 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of

like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner shall appear every day 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.

Consequently, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 1291 of 2022 is, thus disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)