Rafikul Islam v. State Of West Bengal

15.05.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1986 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chanchal Police Station Case No. 262 of 2023 dated 05.03.2023 under Sections 341/325/354/308/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Rafikul Islam ...... petitioner Mr. Tapan Dutta Gupta Mr. Parvej Anam ....for the petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Dipankar Mahata ....for the State In an incident of assault, an injured suffered injuries on the left side of the forehead, right elbow and left thai. The injury was not classified as grievous hurt. Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner in the incident, 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/-, 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 further condition that the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a month till

the conclusion of the investigation 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. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)