Soumi Mukherjee v. State Of West Bengal

22.04.2025 Court No.28 Item No.33 ssi CRM (A) 1239 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Chandannagar P.S. Case No.10 of 2025 dated 20.01.2025 under Sections 204 /319 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In the matter of: Soumi Mukherjee.

....Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Tapash Ghosh Mr. Tanmoy Chowdhury ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld. APP Mr. Arani Bhattacharyya ...for the State Learned senior counsel representing the petitioner submits as follows. The main allegations are against the husband of the petitioner. One fine day the police came and arrested the husband, but let the petitioner go. However, now there is an apprehension that she may be arrested in connection with the instant case. There is no allegation of any harm done to anyone. The FIR was registered only on suspicion that the petitioners might have impersonated some coast guard official and cheated others by such fraudulent misrepresentations. The petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on a statement of an independent witness who had said that the petitioner used to boast that her husband was a senior Officer of the Coast Guards. Subsequently, the petitioner's husband purchased a car in the name of the said witness on condition that the EMIs would be

paid by the said husband of the petitioner and the petitioners would be using the car. Investigation is going on.

Considering the nature of allegations and the roles ascribed to the present petitioner, I do not find that this to be a case where custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required.

In view thereof, the prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, 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 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioner shall not try to influence the witnesses or threaten them.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)