Bhajan Lal Mahata @ Bhajan Mahata And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

05.04.2022 Serial no. 20 [Dd] (Anticipatory Bail Allowed) CRM(A) 1557 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Balurghat Police Station Case No. 133 of 2019 dated 03.03.2019 under Sections 143/186/332/353/325 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and section 9 of West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act.

-AndIn the matter of : Bhajan Lal Mahata @ Bhajan Mahata & Ors. ... ... Petitioners Mr. Brajesh Jha, Mr. Tarunjyoti Tewari, Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar Mr. Saket Sharma, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioners Ms. Zareen N. Khan, Mr. Ashok Das, Advocates ... ...For the State Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary and considering the fact that police filed charge sheet, we are inclined to 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 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 petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

CRM(A) 1557 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)