Tuluwara Bibi @ Tuluara Bibi v. State Of West Bengal

16/06/2026 D/L - 22 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1330 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Jalangi P.S case no. 10 of 2026 dated 11/01/2026 under Sections 89/85/117(2)/115(2) of the BNS and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

In the matter of: Tuluwara Bibi @ Tuluara Bibi

...Petitioner.

Mr. J.I. Hossain ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Manas Kr. Das ...for the de-facto complainant.

Mr. Somnath Adhikary ...for the State.

1. The appointment of the learned counsel for the State may be regularized in due course.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the alleged victim. The husband being the principal accused was arrested and was thereafter granted bail. The incident allegedly took place within three years of marriage. As would be evident from the doctor's report which had been mentioned in an order passed by the Sessions Court that the victim did not complain of any physical assault before the doctor.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the de-facto complainant strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the FIR, the statements of witnesses including the victim and the neighbours. He also refers to the injury report and the medical opinion of the doctor.

5. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that the one of the principal accused being the husband was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further conditions that the petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date. The petitioner shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

7. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)