Sabitri Ghosh v. State Of West Bengal

11.09.2025 Court No.28 Item No.33 ssi CRM (A) 2845 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Ratua PS Case No.478 of 2025 dated 14.06.2025 under Sections 85/80/3 (5) of the BNS 2023.

And In the matter of: Sabitri Ghosh ....Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Kallol Mondal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Musharraf Alam Sk Mr. Krishan Ray ...for the petitioner Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Md. Ejaz Akhter ...for the State Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is a senior citizen. She is the mother in law of the victim deceased. The principal accused being the husband of the victim is in custody. Two other similarly circumstanced co-accused were granted anticipatory bail. Although the incident happened within one year of marriage, all and sundry including the in laws had been implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the statements of witnesses including a neighbor and the post mortem report, which does not show any other injury than the one related to the ligature mark. Considering the materials available in the case diary, the fact that the principal accused being the husband is in custody and two other similarly circumstanced co-accused were granted anticipatory bail by the Sessions Court, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the

petitioner is required and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

However, 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, one of whom must be local, 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 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses and shall co-operate with investigation. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)