Sasanka Santra And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

04.07.2022 Serial no. 17 [Dd] (Anticipatory Bail) (Allowed) CRM (A) 3114 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Uluberia Police Station Case No. 135 of 2022 dated 11.05.2022 under Sections 341/325/326/307/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Sasanka Santra & Ors. ... ... Petitioners Mr. Krishan Ray, Mr. Anindya Ghosh, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Suman De, Mr. Prakash Bhattacharjee, Mr. D. N. Banerjee, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioners pray for anticipatory bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that there is a counter case also. There was a free fight between the parties. The petitioners also suffered injuries.

Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the materials in the case diary including the injury report of the victim.

Considering the nature of injury suffered by the victim, the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein, we are inclined to 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

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 nos. 1, 2 and 3 shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner nos. 4 and 5 shall cooperate with the investigation till its completion 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) 3114 of 2022 is disposed of.

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