Fulmani Murmu v. State Of West Bengal

26.09.2025 SL.09 Ct.No.28 NB CRM (A) 3100 of 2025 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Pandua P.S. Case No.573 of 2024 dated 06.09.2024 under Sections 85/108/115(2)/117(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of: Fulmani Murmu ... petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee, Mr. Sauradeep Dutta, Mr. Arpayan Mukherjee, Mr. Himadree Ghosh.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Sandip Chakraborty, Ms. Kanchan Roy.

...for the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the mother in law of the alleged victim. She is 70% orthopedically handicapped. The husband being the principal accused was arrested and was thereafter granted bail. A sister in law has been granted anticipatory bail. The victim committed suicide at her parent's house.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and relies on the case diary including the statements of witnesses and the postmortem report. Considering the materials available in the case diary, the fact that the principal accused being the husband was arrested and was granted bail and the co-accused/sister in law was granted anticipatory bail by this Court and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted

and considering the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioner. Accordingly, 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 Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and on further condition that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner, whatsoever and shall surrender and pray for bail before the learned jurisdictional Court within six weeks from this date. The application for anticipatory bail being CRM (A) 3100 of 2025 is, thus, allowed.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)