Rajen Pande @ Pande @ Rajendra Pandey v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

15.05.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1979 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Taltala Police Station Case No. 147 of 2022 dated 24.11.2022 under Sections 354/506/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 10 of the POCSO Act and adding Section 18 of the POCSO Act.

And In Re : Rajen Pande & Anr.

...... petitioners Mr. Dipanjan Chatterjee Mr. Asit Nayek Mr. S. Bhattacharya Ms. R. Pramanick ....for the petitioners Ms. Anasuya Sinha Ms. Mayurakhkhi Mitra ....for the State Petitioners pray for anticipatory bail on the ground of parity with other co-accuseds, who were enlarged on anticipatory bail from time to time.

There are orders passed from time to time granting anticipatory bail to some of the co-accused.

The last order granting anticipatory bail was on April 13, 2023 passed in CRM (A) 1518 of 2023.

Police filed charge-sheet.

On the parity of the reasoning granting anticipatory bail to other co-accuseds, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners also.

Accordingly, we direct that 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, 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 petitioners 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 petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court.

This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)