Laxmi Devi @ Laxmi Mahato @ Zoya Akbar v. State Of West Bengal

22.09.2022 Serial no. 02 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 4363 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with AJC Bose B. Garden Police Station Case No. 142 of 2022 dated August 12, 2022 under Sections 135/138 of the Electricity Act, 2003 -AndIn the matter of : Laxmi Devi @ Laxmi Mahato @ Zoya Akbar ... ... Petitioner Ms. Kalpita Paul,, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Pravas Bhattacharya, Mr. Suman Saha, Advocate ... ...For the State Ms. Sreyasree Biswas, Advocate .. ...For the CESC Ltd.

Petitioner has complied with the order dated September 12, 2022.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), 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 further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigations till its conclusion and on further condition that the

petitioner 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 petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 4363 of 2022 is disposed of.

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