Prasenjit Manna @ Prosenjit Manna (Garia) v. State Of West Bengal

12.05.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK REJECTED C.R.M.(A) 2137 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jagatballavpur Police Station Case No. 75 of 2022 dated 29.04.2022 under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

And In Re : Prasenjit Manna @ Prosenjit Manna (Garia) ...... petitioner Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharya ....for the petitioner Mr. Joydeep Roy Ms. Sujata Das ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that, the petitioner was falsely implicated.

Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.). The victim is about 11 years of age. In her 164 Cr.P.C. statement, she implicates the petitioner.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein as transpiring from the materials in the

case diary, we are unable to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected and the application being CRM (A) 2137 of 2022 is dismissed.

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