Bharati Maity And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

11.08.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3848 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Pursurah Police Station Case No. 96 of 2022 dated 01.07.2022 under Sections 498A/304B/406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Bharati Maity & Ors.

...... petitioners Mr. Tanmoy Chaudhury Ms. Ritoprita Ghosh ....for the petitioners Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Mr. Santanu Chatterjee Ms. Mousumi Sarkar ....for the State Post mortem report of the victim suggests that death by committing suicide.

Two other co accuseds were granted anticipatory bail. The husband is still in custody.

The investigations are yet to be concluded.

In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each, with two sureties of like amount each, 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 and on further condition that the petitioner nos. 1 (Bharati Maity), 3 (Purnima Bera) and 4 (Karabi @ Kabori Bera) shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner no. 2 (Ranajit @ Ranjit Maity) shall meet the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that the petitioners shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)