Kishori Mohan Rabidas v. State Of West Bengal

22/07/2025 D/L 33 Ct. No.28 S.Kundu C.R.M.(A) 1531 of 2025 Rejected In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In connection with Sagardighi police station case no. 40 of dated 2.2.2024 under sections 406/409/417/420/471/34 of the IPC.

In the matter of: Kishori Mohan Rabidas ... Petitioner Mr. Debasis Kar ...for the petitioner.

Ms. Sreyashee Biswas Ms. Nandini Chatterjee ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that a co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court on 29.11.2024 in CRM (A) 4164 of 2024. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the case diary and the report filed earlier and submits that the other co-accused was the Manager of the Bank against whom there was an allegation that he cheated a sum of Rs.82,000/- from the customer's account. He was granted anticipatory bail specifically because he had refunded the said amount. But, the present petitioner who is the Cashier of the Bank had embezzled a sum of Rs.11,34,600/- from the accounts of the customers and had not returned back any money.

3. Considering the serious nature of allegations, the materials available in the case diary and the fact that the co-accused/petitioner is not standing on the same footing as the co-accused who was granted anticipatory bail earlier, I do not consider this to be a fit case to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is rejected.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)