Binod Lala @ Binod Kumar Lala v. State Of West Bengal

19.04.2024 Item No.47 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1329 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Murshidabad Police Station Case No. 553 of 2023 dated 15.07.2023 under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Lalbagh, Murshidabad.

And In the matter of : Binod Lala @ Binod Kumar Lala ...... petitioner Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Ms. Dhanasree Biswas, Ms. Poulami Bose ....for the petitioner Mr. Arindam Sen, Ms. Shabnam Faruquai ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

Police filed charge-sheet.

Apparently, victim committed suicide.

As to whether, the petitioner involved in the abetment to commit such suicide may be decided at the trial. In such circumstances, 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 also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on Signed By :

CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY High Court of Calcutta 19 th of April 2024 05:33:46 PM

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. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. CRM(A) 1329 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)