Renu Ankur @ Ranu Ankur v. The State Of West Bengal

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14.06.2024 Court No.28 (Tanmoy) Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (DB) 1681 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in connection with Suri Police Station Case No.129 of 2024 dated 29.02.2024 under Sections 448/323/326/307/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In the matter of: - Renu Ankur @ Ranu Ankur ...petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Adv., Mr. Sujoy Sarkar, Adv., Mr. Rahul Chachan, Adv., Ms. Dhanusree Biswas, Adv., Ms. Poulami Bose, Adv.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Sudip Kumar, Adv., Ms. Rafat Jahan, Adv.

...for the State.

The allegation is that the petitioner who is the aunt (jethima) of the victim girl, poured kerosene and set her on fire. The petitioner says that there are family disputes which led to a quarrel. Nothing was preplanned. The incident occurred in the heat of the moment. The petitioner is in custody for 102 days.

The State opposes the prayer for bail and says that the victim girl received 45% burn injury. However, charge-sheet has already been submitted upon completion of investigation. In view of the aforesaid, we do not see any further need of detaining the petitioner in custody.

Signed By :

TANMOY GHOSH High Court of Calcutta 14 th of June 2024 06:03:30 PM

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner, namely, Renu Ankur @ Ranu Ankur, shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two registered sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Suri, Birbhum, subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the Trial Court on each and every date of substantive hearing subject to the provisions of Section 317 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stipulated above without any justifiable cause, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the petitioner's bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. In the event the petitioner repeats similar kind of acts, the State will be at liberty to apply for cancellation of the bail. The application for bail being CRM (DB) 1681 of 2024 is accordingly allowed and disposed of.

Criminal Section is directed to supply urgent photostat certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

(Arijit Banerjee, J.) (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.) Signed By :

TANMOY GHOSH High Court of Calcutta 14 th of June 2024 06:03:30 PM