Nirmal Barman v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 1008 of 2023 21.03.2023 Sl.2 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Khejuri Police Station Case No.83 of 2023 dated 10.02.2023 under Section 135(1)(b) of the Electricity Act, 2003 read with amendment Act, 2007.

And In the matter of: Nirmal Barman ....petitioner.

Sk. Sahjahan Ali ... for the petitioner.

Ms. Kum Kum Mitra ...for the State.

Mr. Aniket Mitra ... for the WBSEDCL.

The Court is informed that the petitioner complied with the order dated March 13, 2023.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner in the incident, 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 will report before the Investigating Officer as and when called for 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. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 1008 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)