Rajib Thakur v. State Of West Bengal

06.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (A) 2339 of 2022 sl no. 100 In Re : An application for anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Tehatta P.S Case no. 372 of dated 12.5.2022 under sections 341/332/333/353/326/325/307/34 of the IPC And Allowed In Re : Rajib Thakur ...... petitioner Mr. Asraf Mandal ...... for the petitioner Mr. Swapan Banerjee Ms. Purnima Ghosh ...... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that a civic police officer was misbehaving in public in a drunken condition. As the petitioner protested, he has been falsely implicated in the instant case.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having considered materials on record and bearing in mind the nature of allegations in the light of the submission that the public servant was behaving inappropriately in drunken condition and since injuries are simple, we are inclined to 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/- with two sureties of like amount, 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. Petitioner shall appear before the court below and pray for regular bail within four weeks from date.

The application being CRM(A) 2339 of 2022 is disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)