Abdul Ajij Chowdhury @ Chowdhury Abdul Ajij @ Kazi Chowdhury Abdul Aziz v. State Of West Bengal

21.05.2026 Court No.28 Item No.19 ssi CRM (A) 1195 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in connection with Katwa Police Station Case No. 511 of 2025 dated 29.06.2025 under Sections 103 (1)/109(1)/118(2)/123/3(5)/80(2)/85 of the BNS 2023. And In the matter of: Abdul Ajij Chowdhury @ Chowdhury Abdul Ajij @ Kazi Chowdhury Abdul Aziz.

.... Petitioner Mr. Avik Ghatak Mr. Saibal Krishna Dasgupta ...for the petitioner Mr. Somnath Adhikary ..Amicus Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner has been falsely and needlessly implicated in this matter. He is not even a 'Kazi'. He is only an employee at the office of the Muslim Marriage Registrar. The principal accused, being the husband of the alleged victim, is in custody. Learned Amicus assisting the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that as per the statement of the father of the victim recorded before a learned Magistrate, after her daughter consumed poison, she was taken back home after treatment. Her health deteriorated thereafter. She was again hospitalized, where she passed away. According to the father, the victim had confided in him that the victim's husband had forcibly administered poison to her and that the husband's father and the 'Kazi' were also present there.

Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the alleged role attributed to the present petitioner and the fact

that the principal accused, being the husband of the victim, is in custody and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. In the event of arrest, 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 Arresting Officer and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly. The petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be supplied to the parties, if applied for, as early as possible. (Jay Sengupta, J.)