Sulekha Sarkar And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

30.06.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3097 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Dhantala Police Station Case No. 447 of 2022 dated 18.06.2022 under Sections 447/323/307/354/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Sulekha Sarkar & Anr.

...... petitioners Ms. Minoti Gomes ....for the petitioners Md. Anwar Hossain Ms. Benazir Hasna ....for the State Considering the nature of injury suffered by the victim and considering the fact that there was an earlier police complaint and considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each, 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 no. 2 (Bikarna Sarkar) shall meet the Investigating

Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner no. 1 (Sulekha Sarkar) shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that the petitioners 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 petitioners 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.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)