Dipika Rabidas v. State Of West Bengal

23.06.2025 Item No.12 Ct.No.34 rc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 490 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Suti Police Station Case No. 10 of 2025 dated 04.01.2025 under Sections 85/80/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In Re :

Dipika Rabidas ... Petitioner Mr. Manas Kumar Das Ms. Shabana Hasin Ms. S. Akter ... for the Petitioner Mr. Prasun Kumar Datta Mr. Nirupam Dhali ... For the State Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the married sister in law of the victim and is in custody for about hundred days. The husband and mother in law of the victim who stand on the same footing as the petitioner have been granted bail earlier. The petitioner has a five years old child to take care of.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. The victim committed suicide by hanging. Husband and mother in law of the victim who appear to be similarly circumstanced with the petitioner have been granted bail earlier. Whether the conduct of the petitioner is the proximate cause of

commission of suicide by the victim shall be assessed at the appropriate stage of trial.

Considering the material on record and extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence, prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner, Dipika Rabidas be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jangipur, Murshidabad subject to condition that she shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing. She shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions as mentioned above without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel her bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The application for bail is, thus, disposed of. Case Diary be returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)