Subhas Chel v. State Of West Bengal

14/08/2025 D/L 24 Ct. No.28 S.Kundu C.R.M.(A) 2611 of 2025 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 Taldangra police station case no. 136 of dated 19.10.2019 Section 420/406/409/467/468/471/201/120B of the IPC In the matter of: Subhas Chel ... Petitioner Mr. Moyukh Mukherjee Mr. Arkaprabha Roy Ms. S. Roy Mr. S. Pattanayak ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Anand Keshri Mr. Mainak Gupta ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner was not named in the FIR. The prime accused in this case was granted anticipatory bail in 2019. A charge-sheet was submitted only in 2025, purportedly showing the present petitioner as an accused and a warrant of arrest was issued.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

3. Perused the case diary.

4. Considering the materials available in the case diary and the fact that the principal accused had been granted anticipatory bail by this Court, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. In the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The petitioner shall surrender and pray for bail before the jurisdictional Court within four weeks from date and the petitioner shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

6. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

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

(Jay Sengupta, J.)