Khokan Mahata v. The State Of West Bengal

14.03.2024 Item No.8 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 903 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jhargram Police Station Case No. 15 of 2024 dated 16.01.2024 under Sections 341/323/325/307/427/379/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of : Khokan Mahata ...... petitioner Mr. Samir Kumar Adhikari ....for the petitioner Mr. Navanil De ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

In an incident of assault, apparently, two injured suffered simple hurt.

Considering the nature of the incident 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 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 petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of 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 Signed By :

CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY High Court of Calcutta 14 th of March 2024 02:27:30 PM

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. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. CRM(A) 903 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)