Mahesh Kumar Kandoi v. State Of West Bengal

12.08.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3891 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Barjora Police Station Case No. 87 of 2022 dated 19.05.2022 under Sections 420/467/468/469/471/481/482/483/485/ 486/487/488/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 63/69 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and Sections 103/104 of the Trademarks Act, 1999.

And In Re : Mahesh Kumar Kandoi ...... petitioner Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee Mr. Apalak Basu Mr. Abhik Chitta Kundu ....for the petitioner Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Bitasok Banerjee ....for the State The State did not oppose the claim for parity with the other co-accused, who was enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated August 1, 2022 passed in CRM(A) 3649 of 2022. In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that 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, 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 shall meet the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on condition that the petitioner 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 petitioner 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.)