Sunita Mahato v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

C.R.M. (A) 1065 of 2023 23.03.2023 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 Joypur Police Station Case No.19 of 2023 dated 09.02.2023 under Section 135(1)(e) of the Electricity Act, 2003.

And In the matter of: Sunita Mahato ....petitioner.

Mr. Iqbal Hussain ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Chittaranjan Ghosh ...for the State.

Mr. Aniket Mitra ... for the WBSEDCL.

Petitioner complied with the order dated March 14, 2023. Considering the gravity of the offence, the conduct of the petitioner subsequent to the order dated March 14, 2023 and the materials in the case diary, 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) 1065 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)