Sandhya Rani Roy @Sandhya Roy And Another v. State Of West Bengal
08.06.2021 Court No.28 SL No.92 PJ/KC CRM 3188 of 2021 (Through Video Conference) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Dadpur P.S. Case No.119/2020 dated 29.9.2020 under Sections 498A/304B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act; And In the matter of: Sandhya Rani Roy @ Sandhya Roy & anr. ....Petitioners.
Ms. Minoti Gomes, Mr. Arijit Bakshi, ...for the Petitioners.
Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Mr. Sanjib Kumar Dan, ...for the State.
This application for anticipatory bail has been filed apprehending arrest in connection with Dadpur P.S. Case No.119/2020 dated 29.9.2020 under Sections 498A/304B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The matter is now pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sadar, Hooghly. The petitioner no. 1 is the mother-in-law of the victim and the petitioner no. 2 is the wife of the brother-in-law of the victim. The charge-sheet has already been submitted in the matter. It is submitted that the main accused brother-in-law and fatherin-law have already been enlarged on bail. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the allegations in the complaint against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature and there is no specific grievance against the petitioners. Having considered the entire facts and circumstances of the case and having heard the arguments on behalf of the learned counsel for
the parties, this Court is inclined to allow the prayer for bail made in this application.
Accordingly, in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail subject to satisfaction of conditions under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C., 1973 and upon furnishing a bond of Rs.
10,000/- each (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Hooghly, subject to condition that the petitioners shall appear before the trial Court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and on further condition that the petitioners shall not enter the jurisdiction of the Court except for the purposes of investigation and attending Court proceedings and shall provide the addresses where they will reside while on bail to the Investigating Officer as well as the Court below and shall report to the Officer-in-Charge of the concerned Police Station within whose jurisdiction they will reside once in a week until further orders.
The petitioners shall surrender their passports to the IO and if they do not possess passports shall submit affidavits to that effect before the IO.
In the event the petitioners fail to appear before the Trial Court without any justifiable cause, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.
The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. The parties shall act in terms of the copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this court.
(Biswajit Basu, J.) (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)