Tapasi Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

(Via Video Conference) 09.08.2021 Court No. 28 Item No. PB - 20 nandy CRM 4065 of 2021 In Re: An application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 18.02.2021 in connection with Ranaghat Police Station Case No. 134 of 2020 dated 04.07.2020 under Sections 498A/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. (Sessions Case No. 10(01)2021) and In the matter of: Tapasi Mondal ...... Petitioner Ms. Sananda Bhattacharya, Advocate ......for the Petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Learned Public Prosecutor Ms. Faria Hossain, Advocate Mr. Aniket Mitra, Advocate ...... for the State (bail - allowed) The petitioner has filed the instant application for bail in connection with Ranaghat Police Station Case No. 134 of 2020 dated 04.07.2020 under Sections 498A/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioner being the mother-in-law of the victim lady, who committed suicide, has filed the instant application for bail having already in custody for more than 252 days. Initially, the case was registered against the husband, mother-in-law and the father-in-law but the charge-sheet has been filed only against the petitioner and her son.

We have perused the statement of the witnesses recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the nature of allegations having made therein. We do not find any material justifying the rejection of the prayer for bail.

As such, the prayer for bail is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner shall be released on bail on the following conditions:- i) The petitioner shall furnish a bond of Rs.10,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.5,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat;

ii) The petitioner shall make himself available on each and every date so fixed by the trial Court;

iii) The petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and shall not intimidate the witnesses in any manner whatsoever;

iv) Failure to attend the Court on a solitary day without any justifiable reason shall disentitle the petitioner the privilege of bail and the trial Court would be at liberty to cancel the bail without any reference to this Court. The application being CRM 4065 of 2021 accordingly disposed of.

(Harish Tandon, J.) (Bibek Chaudhuri, J.)