Rajeeb Molla @ Rajib Molla v. State Of West Bengal

30.04.2024 Item No.18 Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1517 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Swarupnagar Police Station Case No. 193 of 2021 dated 18.02.2021 under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1986, pending before the Court of the Learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 6th Court, Barasat.

And In the matter of : Rajeeb Molla @ Rajib Molla ...... petitioner Mr. Surojit Basu, Mr. Pritam Chakraborty, Mrs. Ananya Dasgupta ....for the petitioner Mr. Suman De, Ms. Puspita Saha ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

Police filed charge-sheet.

Apparently, police are proceeding on the basis of the statement of the co-accused made while in custody as against the petitioner.

Petitioner claims to be enrolled with the Bar Council of West Bengal. Petitioner claims that, he was not aware that he was implicated in the police complaint.

In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of Signed By :

CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY High Court of Calcutta 30 th of April 2024 04:57:39 PM

like amount each, 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 and on condition that the petitioner shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. CRM(A) 1517 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)