Prithiwiraj Pahari And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

14.03.2023 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1004 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Serampore Police Station Case No.487 of 2022 dated 12.12.2022 under Sections 147/ 148/ 341/ 448/ 354B/ 452/ 423/ 323/ 325/ 307/ 504/ 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Prithiwiraj Pahari & ors.

...... petitioners.

Mr. Bidyut Kr. Halder, Mr. Indranil Halder, Ms. Srabanti Das, Ms. Neha Singh ....for the petitioners.

Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Dipankar Paramanick ....for the State Leave granted to the learned advocate for the petitioners to correct the cause-title.

Considering the statement recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code and materials in the case diary and considering the fact that, there was apparently certain transactions relating to money, we grant anticipatory bail 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) 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 report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on further condition that the petitioners shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accuseds 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.)