Raju Mal v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 1581 of 2023 17.04.2023 Sl.28 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Baranagar Police Station Case No.168 of 2023 dated 20.03.2023 under Sections 406/420/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, corresponding to Complaint Case/M.P. Case No.365 of 2023. And In the matter of: Raju Mal ....petitioner.

Mr. Amal Kumar Banerjee ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Tanmoy Kumar Ghosh, Ld. Sr. Government Advocate Ms. Sonali Bhar ...for the State.

Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

The police compliant was registered subsequent to an order passed under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Apparently, the petitioner is a facebook friend of the accused No.1, wife of the de facto complainant.

Considering the materials in the case diary, the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner in the incident, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that the petitioner 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 petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 1581 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)