Bhabesh Mahata v. State Of West Bengal

19/09/2025 D/L - 50 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3057 of 2025 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Kharagpur (Local) police station case no. 293 of 2024 dated 8.4.2024 under Sections 498A/306/34 of the IPC.

In the matter of: Bhabesh Mahata

...Petitioner.

Mr. Jagannath Ganguly ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Soumik Ganguly Mr. Parvej Anam ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the father-in-law of the victim/deceased. The marriage between the victim and her husband took place 12 years ago. The husband and the other accused are on bail. Charge-sheet has been submitted.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the statement of the neighbours as well as the son of the victim recorded before the Magistrate.

3. It appears from the statement of the child recorded before the Magistrate that the main allegations are against the husband of the victim/deceased.

4. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that charge-sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each 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 further conditions that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The petitioner shall appear before the learned Trial Court and pray for bail within six weeks from date.

6. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

7. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)