Malina Das v. State Of West Bengal

16.12.2021 Sl. No.96 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. 6557 of 2021 [via video conferencing] In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 22.09.2021 in connection with Nalhati Police Station Case No.101 of 2021 dated 18.03.2021 under Sections 306/304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

And In Re: Malina Das @ Mallika Das ... ... Petitioner Mr. Mahaboob Ahmed ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Narayan Prasad Agarwala Mr. Ashok Das ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that she is the sisterin-law of the deceased housewife and she has been falsely implicated in the instant case.

Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Statements of witnesses disclose continuous torture by the petitioner and other accused persons on the housewife who committed suicide. In view of the gravity of the offence and the prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to her.

Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner stands rejected.

(Bivas Pattanayak, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)