Mangala Roy v. State Of West Bengal

AD 25 August 8, 2025 Ct. 28 SG CRM(A) 2508 of 2025 Allowed An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Goghat P.S. Case No.564 of 2024 dated 12.12.2024 under Sections 108/3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

And In the matter of:

Mangala Roy ... petitioner Mr. Niladri Shekhar Ghosh Ms. Labani Sikder Mr. Souvik Dey ... for the petitioner Mr. Kunal Ganguly ... for the State Heard learned counsels for the parties.

Perused the case diary.

It will be for the learned Court to finally decide whether there is any element of abetment of suicide in this case. Considering the nature of allegations, the materials available in the case diary and the delay in lodging the FIR, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) 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 the further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)