Sikha Sikdar v. The State Of West Bengal

05.06.2026 Item no. 160.

Court No.2.

PG (Allowed) CRM (A) 1536 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Raigunj Police Station Case No.556 of 2023 Dated 23.05.2023 under Sections 498A/304B/306/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 3 /4 of the DP Act.

And In the matter of : Sikha Sikdar ......Petitioner. Mr. Pradip Paul ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Pradip Banerjee Mr. Somnath Bera ......for the State.

Mr. Dhnanjay Banerjee Mr. Archan Dutta..........for the de facto complainant 1.

Learned counsel for de facto complainant appears and files his vakalatnama. It is submitted that de facto complainant has given no instruction to oppose the prayer for anticipatory bail.

2.

Heard the submissions of the learned advocates for the parties and perused the materials available in the case diary.

3.

Having regard to the role of the present petitioner and the fact that she is aged about 79 years, this Court is inclined to allow the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

4.

Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of

Rs.5,000/-(Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each of whom one must be local to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and shall abide by the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and on further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation.

5.

In case the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions mentioned in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the learned Court below shall be entitled to cancel the anticipatory bail without further reference to this Court. 6.

The application for anticipatory bail stands allowed. 7.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.)