Samida Bibi And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

22.03.2024 Serial no. 04 Anticipatory Bail [Allowed] Dd CRM (A) 1012 of 2024 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jamboni Police Station Case No. 146 of 2023 dated 25.11.2023 under Sections 498A/323/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act whereby charge sheet submitted under Sections 498A/323/304B/34 IPC and Sections 3/ 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, pending before Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhargram.

-AndIn the matter of : Samida Bibi & Anr.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra, Mr. Madhurai Sinha, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Jaydeep Biswas, Advocate ... ...For the State Claim for parity with co-accuseds who were enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated March 11, 2024 passed in CRM (A) 859 of 2024 largely remains uncontested. Police filed charge sheet.

Husband and mother-in-law were granted bail by the jurisdictional Court.

Petitioners before us are the in-laws of the victim. In such circumstances, 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.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 Signed By :

DEBABRATA DAS High Court of Calcutta 22 nd of March 2024 04:39:25 PM

Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on further condition that the petitioners 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 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) 1012 of 2024 is disposed of.

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