Chandra Lekha Gupta And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

27.03.2023 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1235 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Ultadanga Police Station Case No. 27 dated 22.02.2023 under Sections 135/138 of the Electricity Act, 2003. And In the matter of : Smt. Chandra Lekha Gupta & anr. petitioners Mr. Bidyut Kr. Halder, Mr. Indranil Halder, Ms. Srabanti Das, Ms. Neha Singh ....for the petitioners Ms. Ratna Ghosh ....for the State Ms. Sreyashee Biswas ...for the CESC The Court is informed that the petitioner deposited entirety of the final assessed bill with the distribution company. Considering such fact and considering the materials in the case diary, 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.

further condition that the petitioners shall meet the Investigating Officer as and when called for till the conclusion of investigation and on 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.)