Feku Chowdhury And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

17.06.2026 Court No.28 Item No.18 ssi CRM (A) 1413 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in connection with Manikchak Police Station Case No. 817 of 2025 dated 30.10.2025 under Sections 103 (1)/3(5) of the BNS 2023.

And In the matter of: Feku Chowdhury & others.

.... Petitioners Mr. Apan Saha Mr. Musharaf Alam Sk Mr.Sk. Sarfaraj Nawaj ...for the petitioners Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharyya, Ld. APP Ms. Tanusree Kar ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the father in law and the brother in law of the victim deceased. The incident happened after about four years of marriage. The couple in question went to the lady's paternal home to have dinner. While coming back the alleged victim did not return. Later, the victim was found dead somewhere. The principal accused in this case being the wife of the said victim was arrested and thereafter granted bail. The petitioners are in no way connected with the alleged offence.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the post-mortem report and the statements of witnesses. From a statement present at page 125 of the case diary, it appears that on the particular day, the alleged victim, as usual, got drunk and

thereafter had a quarrel with the wife and went out. Afterwards, his dead body was found.

Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that the wife of the victim was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and that charge sheet has already been submitted, 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 conditions that the petitioners shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly. The petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The presence of the I.O. is noted and is dispensed with. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be supplied to the parties, if applied for, as early as possible. (Jay Sengupta, J.)