Krishna Shil And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

23.06.2022 Serial no. 23 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) (Rejected) CRM (A) 2969 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Tapan Police Station Case No. 67 of 2021 dated 09.03.2021 under Sections 341/326/379/304/34 of the Indian Penal Code (corresponding G.R. case no. 276 of 2021) and now charge sheet submitted being Charge Sheet no. 271 of 2022 dated 31.05.2022 under Sections 304/34 of the Indian Penal Code. -AndIn the matter of : Krishna Shil & Anr.

... ...Petitioners Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury, Ms. Busra Khatoon, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Swapan Banerjee, Ms. Purnima Ghosh, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioners renew the prayer for anticipatory bail on the ground that the charge sheet was submitted subsequent to earlier order of rejection dated April 13, 2022.

Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the statements recorded under Sections 161 and 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The charge sheet filed is under Sections 304/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is rejected.

CRM (A) 2969 of 2022 is dismissed.

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