Narayan Chandra Bar v. State Of West Bengal

12.09.2025 Court No.28 Item No.58 ssi CRM (A) 2949 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Kolaghat PS Case No.659 of 2024 dated 04.09.2024 under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Narayan Chandra Bar.

....Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Sabir Ahmed Mr. Kamal Mishra Mr. Dhiman Banerjee Mr. Tasnim Ahmed ...for the petitioner Mr. Koushik Kundu Mr. Sachit Talukdar ...for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner was a sub-post master at the relevant time. It is alleged that on a particular day in 2020, there was some discrepancy detected regarding disbursement of money. Withdrawal slips were found not to have been signed. In fact, the petitioner was compelled to pay certain sums. A departmental proceeding was initiated which is pending. An FIR was registered in 2024. The petitioner is participating in the departmental proceeding. The alleged discrepancies were pointed out after a passage of time. At the relevant time, the petitioner was having some problem with his superior. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the case diary and refers to certain portions of relevant ledger/passbook.

Considering the nature of allegations, the materials available in the case diary, the fact that bulk of the relevant materials have already been seized and the petitioner is also participating in departmental proceeding, 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 petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)