Bidhan Chandra Samanta v. State Of West Bengal

16.06.2022 tkm/sdas rejected C.R.M.(A) 2821 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bhatar Police Station Case No. 183 of 2022 dated 21.05.2022 under Sections 135(1)(a)(b) of the Electricity Act, 2003.

And In Re : Bidhan Chandra Samanta ..... petitioner Mr. Abhijit Pal ... for the petitioner Sk. Arif Hossain ... for the State Mr. Aniket Mitra ... for WBSEDCL Having considered the materials on record disclosing prima facie involvement of the petitioner in illegal abstraction of electricity causing wrongful loss to the tune of Rs.8,78,000/-, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)