Chittaranjan Malik And ORS v. The State Of West Bengal

17.06.2022 Sl. No.130 akd [ALLOWED] C. R. M. (A) 2818 of 2022 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 13.06.2022 in connection with Ghatal Police Station Case No. 103 of 2022 dated 02.04.2022 under Sections 285/286 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 24/25/26 of the West Bengal Fire Services Act and Sections 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act.

And In Re: Chittaranjan Malik & Ors.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Amitabha Karmakar Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmick ... ... for the petitioners Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Sandip Chakraborty ... ... for the State Heard the learned advocate appearing for both the parties. We have considered the materials on record. Raw materials used for preparing firecrackers were seized from the premises of the petitioners.

As investigation has sufficiently progressed and incriminating articles have already been seized, we are of the opinion custodial interrogation of the accused/petitioners may not be necessary in the facts of the present case and they may be granted anticipatory bail.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the accused/petitioners, namely (1) Chittaranjan Malik, (2) Uttam Malik &

(3) Goutam Malik, be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on further condition that the petitioners

shall appear before the court below and pray for regular bail within four weeks from date.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)