Dipali Sarkar v. State Of West Bengal

09.06.2026 Court No.28 Item No.47 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 1427 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Harirampur P.S. Case No.250 of 2025 dated 04.12.2025 under Sections 85/80/3(5) of the BNS, 2023 read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

And In the matter of: Dipali Sarkar ....Petitioner.

Mr. Koushik Choudhury Mr. Dwaipayan Panda Mr. Tridib Das ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharya, ld. APP Ms. T. Kar ....for the State.

Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the alleged victim. The incident happened after six years of marriage. The principal accused, being the husband, is in custody.

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 including the neighbours and even a relative of the accused.

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

In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- 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 petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks from this date and pray for bail and shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses.

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.)