Abc-1 v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

23.07.2025 Court No.28 Item No.57 ssi CRM (A) 2255 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Debra PS Case No.308 of dated 02.05.2025 under Sections 85/115(2)/64/62/351(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: ABC-1 & others.

....Applicants/Petitioners.

Mr. Amit Ranjan Pati Ms. K. Kubra ...for the petitioners Ms. Shaila Afrin Ms. Sanjida Sultana ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioner no.1 is the father-in-law, the petitioner no.2 is the mother-in-law, the petitioner no.3 is the brother-in-law, the petitioner no.4 is the married sister-in-law of the alleged victim and the petitioner no.5 is the husband of the petitioner no.4. Much prior to this FIR, on 10.02.2025, the husband of the de facto complainant was constrained to lodge a complaint against her and her father for assault. Thereafter, he had to file an application before the learned Magistrate seeking for a direction to register an FIR against the de facto complainant over another incident. The FIR was finally registered on 20.06.2025. As a counter blast, the de facto complainant lodged the instant FIR and making wanton allegations against the husband and her friends. Incidentally, both the friends were witnesses in the earlier case started by the husband. So far as

the present petitioners are concerned, there are only commonplace allegations of torture for dowry demand.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. She refers to the statement of the victim recorded before a learned Magistrate and other documents. It appears that there are very serious allegations made against the husband and his friends. However, they are not before this Court. Considering the materials available in the case diary and the alleged roles attributed to the present petitioners, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

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, one of whom must be local, 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 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses and shall co-operate with investigation. The petitioner nos.1 and 5 shall meet the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)