Ananda Chowdhury @ Ananda Mohan And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

08.06.2022 Sl. No.91 akd [ALLOWED] C. R. M. (A) 2387 of 2022 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 19.05.2022 in connection with Krishnaganj Police Station Case No. 123 of 2022 dated 21.04.2022 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re: Ananda Chowdhury @ Ananda Mohan & Anr. ... ... Petitioners Mr. Sumanta Das ... ... for the petitioners Md. Anwar Hossain Ms. Sreyashee Biswas ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the victim died due to snake bite.

Learned advocate appearing for the State produces the case diary.

We have considered the statements of witnesses which corroborate the submission of the petitioners. That apart, no postmortem was conducted to determine the cause of death. Under such circumstances, we are of the opinion custodial interrogation of the accused/petitioners may not be necessary in the facts of the present case and they may be granted anticipatory bail. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the accused/petitioners, namely (1) Ananda Chowdhury @ Ananda Mohan & (2) Arati Chowdhury, 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 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 appear before the court below and pray for regular bail within four weeks from date.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)