Surendra Pal Singh v. State Of West Bengal

22.06.2022 Serial no.34 Aloke CRM (A) 2942 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chitpur Police Station Case No. 76 of 2022 dated 06.05.2022 under Sections 143/147/148/149/332/353 of the Indian Penal Code. -AndIn the matter of : Surender Pal Singh ... ... Petitioner Mr. Kallol Mondal, Advocate Mr. Krishendu Bhattacharya, Advocate Mr. Lokenath Chatterjee, Advocate Mr. Sukanta Ghosh, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Advocate Ms. Sonali Das, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail on the ground of parity with other co-accused who were granted anticipatory bail on June 6, 2022 in CRM (A) 2329 of 2022.

The claim of parity is not disputed by the learned Advocate appearing for the State.

Consequently, we are inclined to 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), 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 petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on further condition that the petitioner shall appear every day 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.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 2942 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)