Pinowara Bagdi @ Pinu Bagdi And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

62 30.11.2021 ss CRM 5520 of 2021 (Through Video Conference) In the matter of : An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code Criminal Procedure in connection with Chanchal P.S. Case No. 657 of 2019 dated 22.08.2019 under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. And In the matter of : Pinowara Bagdi @ Pinu Bagdi & Ors. ... ... petitioners Mr. Supal Chatterjee Ms. Arunika Ghosh ... ... for the petitioners Mr. S.G. Mukherjee, PP Ms. Faria Hossain Mr. Aniket Mitra ... ... for the State On the prayer of the learned advocate appearing for the petitioners CRM 5520 of 2021 is dismissed as not pressed on behalf of the petitioner nos. 2, 5 and 6.

So far as other petitioners are concerned, having heard the learned advocate appearing for the petitioners and State and having considered the statement recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and having considered the fact that the victim did not name any of the petitioners herein and considering the fact that the police filed the charge-sheet, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos. 1, 3 and 4.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner nos. 1 (Pinowara Bagdi @ Pinu Bagdi), 3 (Jitu Bagdi @ Jit Bagdi) and 4 (Fulo Bagdi) shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and also 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 nos. 1, 3 and 4 shall appear before the jurisdictional Court on the dates fixed for trial and pray for regular bail within four weeks from date.

The application for anticipatory bail being CRM 5520 of 2021 is disposed of.

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