Kamal Barman And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

22.05.2024 Serial no. 35 Anticipatory Bail [Allowed] Dd CRM (A) 1780 of 2024 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Raiganj Police Station Case No. 216 of 2024 dated 03.03.2024 under Sections 448/376/511/323/354/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 pending before Ld. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur.

-AndIn the matter of : Kamal Barman & Anr.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Jisan Iqubal Hossain, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Ms. Purnima Ghosh, Advocates ... ...For the State There is a counter police complaint with regard to an incident of assault.

De facto complaint recorded a statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code where, she claims that there was an attempt of rape in presence of a number of persons.

Affidavit-of-service filed in Court be taken on record. None appears for the de facto complainant.

Materials in the case diary do not suggest requirement of custodial interrogation at this stage.

Consequently, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

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 Signed By :

DEBABRATA DAS High Court of Calcutta 22 nd of May 2024 04:09:30 PM

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 petitioners shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a week till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. CRM (A) 1780 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)