Maya Mustufi And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

25.04.2022 Serial no.23 Aloke CRM (A) 1849 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kharagpur (Town) Police Station Case No. 135 of 2022 dated 18.03.2022 under Sections 448/323/325/307/506/354B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Maya Mustufi & Ors.

... ... Petitioners Ms. Devi Priya Mitra, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Tanmay Kr. Ghosh, Advocate Ms. Sonali Bhar, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioners pray for anticipatory bail.

Considering the nature of injuries suffered by the victim and considering the fact that the petitioners are ladies and considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, 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 condition that the petitioners will cooperate with the investigation and on 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.

The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

CRM (A) 1849 of 2022 is disposed of.

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