Soumen Mishra v. State Of West Bengal

13/05/2026 D/L - 11 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1183 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Anandapur P.S case no. 91 of 2024 dated 23/04/2024 under Sections 408/420 of the IPC.

In the matter of: Soumen Mishra

...Petitioner.

Mr. Amit Ranjan Pati Ms. Swastika Chowdhury Ms. Khadijatul Kubra Ms. Ilika Nag Mr. Avijit Chatterjee ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharyya Mr. Tapodip Gupta ... Amicus.

1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner was not named in the FIR. The FIR was registered by filing a complaint before a learned Magistrate. It is alleged in the complaint that the de-facto complainant had given some money to one Jhareswar Pan so that the same could be transmitted and deposited with the landlord of a property with an ultimate aim purchasing of such property pursuant to an agreement. However, later he found that no such money was deposited by the said Jhareswar Pan with the landlord. The petitioner is not at all connected with the alleged offence.

2. Learned Amicus assisting the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He

submits that the anticipatory bail application of the principal accused, namely, Jhareswar Pan was rejected by this Court. According to the statement of the said Jhareswar Pan, he had given some money to the present petitioner for obtaining a job.

3. Therefore, it appears that the only material available against the petitioner is the statement of the co-accused. Even the allegations made therein can best be the subject-matter of another FIR.

4. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each 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 further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a week till submission of report in final form.

6. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

7. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)