Goutam Hazra And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

06.09.2022 Serial no.26 Aloke CRM (A) 4255 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kaliganj Police Station Case No. 353 of 2022 dated 06.06.2022 under Sections 498A/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Goutam Hazra & Ors.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Subhrojyoti Ghosh, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Narayan Prasad Agarwala, Advocate Ms. Subhasree Patel, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioners seek anticipatory bail.

The husband and the father-in-law of the de facto complainant are in custody. The petitioners before us are the in-laws of the de facto complainant.

Considering the materials in the case diary, the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein, we are inclined to 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) 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 condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. CRM (A) 4255 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)