Goutam Bera v. State Of West Bengal

18.08.2022 Serial no. 20 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 3934 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Egra Police Station Case No. 118 of 2021 dated 19.02.2021 under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code -AndIn the matter of : Goutam Bera ... ... Petitioner Mr. Mazhar Hossain Chowdhury, Ms. Mobashshara Alam, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Navanil De, Advocate ... ...For the State The postmortem report states that the death was due to anti-mortem in nature likely to be suicidal in nature. Considering the postmortem report of the victim and considering the materials in the case dairy, we are inclined to 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), 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 report before the Investigating Officer once in a week till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 3934 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)