Srikanta Dolai And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

09.06.2021 Court No.28 SL No.78 PJ/KC CRM 3426 of 2021 (Through Video Conference) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Daspur P.S. Case No.89/2020 dated 5.3.2020 under Sections 143/149/323/324/325/307/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code; And In the matter of: Srikanta Dolai & anr.

....Petitioners.

Mr. Sarwar Jahan, Mr. Mukunda Lal Sarkar, ...for the Petitioners.

Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Mr. S.S. Imam, Mr. S. Roy, ...for the State.

This application for anticipatory bail has been filed apprehending arrest in connection with Daspur P.S. Case No.89/2020 dated 5.3.2020 under Sections 143/149/323/324/325/307/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The said case corresponding to Daspur P.S. G.D.E No. 220 dated March 5, 2020.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the incident occurred as a consequence of political rivalry. Considering the case diary and the submissions made on behalf of the parties and the fact that the injury of the victim is not so serious, the application for anticipatory bail should be entertained and is hereby allowed.

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 IO, 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 PS 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.)