Farida Bibi v. State Of West Bengal

17.04.2023 sdas allowed CRM(DB) No. 1500 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Ranitala Police Station Case No. 523 of 2022 dated 18.11.2022 under Sections 498A/304B/306/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re : Farida Bibi ...... petitioner Md. Golam Nure Imrohi Mr. Susnigdho Bhattacharyya .....for the petitioner Ms. Faria Hossain Mr. Anand Keshari ..... for the State Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits she is the married sister-in-law of the victim housewife. It is also submitted she is in custody for 56 days. She prays for bail. Learned Counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits principal accused i.e. husband is absconding. We have considered the materials on record. Petitioner is the married sister-in-law of the victim housewife. She does not ordinarily reside at the matrimonial home where the victim committed suicide. Keeping in mind the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime and the period of detention suffered by her, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, we direct that 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate,

Lalbag, Murshidabad, subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel her bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)