Manika Mondal And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

08.06.2026 Court No.28 Item No.46 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 1412 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Nabadwip P.S. Case No.878 of 2025 dated 14.12.2025 under Sections 80/85/3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

And In the matter of: Manika Mondal & Ors.

....Petitioners.

Mr. Sumanta Das ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharya, ld. APP Mr. Neel Chakraborty ....for the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the aged parents in law and the grandfather in law of the victim deceased. Although the incident had taken place within ten months of marriage, the same was prompted by the father of the victim. The victim's father was a habitual drunkard and he would demand money from his daughter and sonin-law. The husband of the victim was arrested and was thereafter granted statutory bail.

Learned APP representing the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the post mortem report, the statements of witnesses and even the injury report present at page 92 of the case diary.

Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that one of the principal accused, being the husband of the victim, was arrested and is presently on bail, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

In the event of arrest, the petitioners 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 the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with investigation, shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses and the petitioner nos. 2 and 3 shall meet the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)