Calcutta High CourtCRM (A)/1764/2024allowed

Jarjish Sk @ Jarjis Saikh And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

2024-05-21Hon'Ble Justice Debangsu Basak,Hon'Ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi2 pages

C.R.M. (A) 1764 of 2024 21.05.2024 DL-41 Court No.3 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Baishnabnagar Police Station Case No.865 of 2023 dated 01.12.2023 under Sections 406/420/468/471/472/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, pending in the Court of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda. (G.R. Case No.8213 of 2023).

And In the matter of: Jarjish Sk @ Jarjis Saikh & Anr. ....petitioners.

Mr. Sujoy Sarkar Mr. Musharraf Alam Sk.

Ms. Susmita Ghorai Mr. Rahul Chachan ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Avishek Sinha Ms. Rita Dutta ... for the State.

1. Petitioners apparently worked as clerks in the District Registry office.

2. Allegation of forgery of signature of a person who was long dead appears from the materials in the case diary.

3. As to whether, the petitioners were involved in the forgery or not, may be decided at the trial.

4. In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

5. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioners will report before the Investigating Officer once a week till the conclusion of the Signed By :

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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.

6. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

7. C.R.M. (A) 1764 of 2024 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.) Signed By :

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