Pradip Murmu v. The State Of West Bengal
28.08.2024 Court No.29 Item No. 63 Allowed cm CRM (A) 2959 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Joypur Police Station Case No. 157 of 2024 dated 09.05.2024 under Sections 448/325/307/354/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 pending before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bishnupur, Bankura.
And In Re: Pradip Murmu Petitioner Mr. Siddhartha Sarkar For the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Ms. Afreen Begum, For the State
1. Claiming parity with the co-accused persons namely, Aparupa Murmu & Ors., who have been granted anticipatory bail in CRM(A) 2287 of 2024 on 10th July, 2024, a prayer for anticipatory bail is made.
2. The said prayer is not opposed by the learned Counsel for the State.
3. Under such circumstances, we are of the view that the custodial interrogation of the present petitioner is not necessary.
4. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the present petitioner, namely, Pradip Murmu, shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-, with two registered sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner shall meet the I.O. once in a week till the submission of the final report. The petitioner shall appear before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bishnupur,
Bankura within two weeks from date and thereafter shall appear on each and every date of hearing.
5. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions as mentioned above, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without any further reference to this Court.
6. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.
7. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
(Soumen Sen, J.) (Uday Kumar, J.)