Saddam Jamadar @ Chhaddam And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

14/08/2025 D/L 25 Ct. No.28 S.Kundu C.R.M.(A) 2612 of 2025 Partly Allowed In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In connection with GR case no. 1298/2025 arising out of Minakhan police station case no.

159/2025 dated 18.3.2025 under sections 329(4)/117(2)/76/124(1)/109/351(3)/305/3(5) of the BNS. In the matter of: Saddam Jamadar @ Chhgaddam & Anr.

... Petitioners Mr. Satadru Lahiri Mr. Safdar Azam Mr. Jyotirmoy Talukdar ...for the petitioners.

Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharyya Mr. Arup Sarkar ...for the State.

1. Heard the learned counsels for the parties.

2. Perused the case diary.

3. Considering the serious nature of allegations and the materials available in the case diary including the injury report showing acid burn injuries and the statement of the victim and the alleged roles ascribed to the present petitioners, while I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no. 1 (Saddam Jamadar @ Chhaddam), the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner no. 2 is rejected.

4. In the event of arrest, the petitioner no. 1 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 further conditions that the said petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The petitioner no. 1 shall meet the I.O once a week till submission of report in final form.

5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed-in-part.

6. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)