Bhotlal Singha And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

17.05.2022 Serial no. 16 [Dd] (Anticipatory Bail Allowed) CRM (A) 2175 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chopra Police Station Case No. 147 of 2022 dated 20.03.2022 under Sections 498A/306 of the Indian Penal Code and being G.R. No.- 684 of 2022.

-AndIn the matter of : Bhotlal Singha & Anr. ... ... Petitioners Mr. N. Dhali Ms. Priya Chakraborty, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Soumik Ganguly, Advocates ... ...For the State Considering the fact that the husband and the mother-in-law were enlarged on bail by the jurisdictional Court, and considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, 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 and on further condition that the petitioners shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on further condition that the petitioners shall appear every day 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 petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

CRM (A) 2175 of 2022 is disposed of.

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