Suman Ghosh @ Sumba Ghosh v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

30.07.2025 Sl. No.62 Ct. 28 NB C.R.M. (A) 2391 of 2025 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Mangalkote PS Case No.160/2025 dated 02.06.2025 under Sections 107/351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katwa. And In the matter of: Suman Ghosh @ Sumba Ghosh ... petitioner Mr. Debapratim Guha, Mr. Diptendu Banerjee, Ms. Anchita Sarkar.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Soumik Ganguly, Ms. Rituparna Saha.

...for the State.

Heard the learned counsels for the parties.

Considering the nature of allegations and the materials available in the case diary including the statements of two friends of the alleged victim recorded before a learned Magistrate, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and on further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall meet the Investigating Officer once a

fortnight till submission of report in final form and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

The application for anticipatory bail being CRM (A) 2391 of 2025 is, thus, allowed.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)