Ghazala Nasreen v. State Of West Bengal

19.07.2022 (KC 6)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION C.R.M. (DB) 2354 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

In the Matter of : Ghazala Nasreen .....petitioner.

Mr. Imran Siddique, Md. Faiz Lodi ...for the petitioner. Mr. Neguive Ahmed, Ld. A.P.P., Ms. Ayantika Roy ...for the State. Leave is granted to the advocate-on-record for the petitioner to correct the cause title of the petition by inserting the Act under which the petition is filed. The petitioner is accused of being involved in a Ponzi scam. She is in custody for 93 days.

Prima facie it appears from the records that she was an employee of the organisation allegedly involved in misappropriation of money from the public.

There is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioner would tamper with evidence or interfere with witnesses or flee from justice. Hence, we allow this application for bail.

The petitioner will be enlarged on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to

the satisfaction of the learned Additional District Judge, 3rd Court, Alipore designated under the West Bengal Protection of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act on the following conditions:

1. The petitioner shall deposit her passport, if she has one, with the investigating officer,

2. She shall report before the said officer as and when summoned,

3. The petitioner shall not leave the limits of the city of Kolkata where she resides without informing the I.C.,

4. She shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever, The application for bail [CRM (DB) 2354 of 2022] is, accordingly, disposed of.

(I.P. MUKERJI, J.) (SUBHENDU SAMANTA, J.)