Mansura Bibi And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

AD 37 November 7, 2025 Ct. 28 SG CRM(A) 3123 of 2025 Reject An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Bhagwangola Police Station Case No.158 of 2025 dated 06.04.2025 under Sections 85/117(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023 and adding Section 103(1) of the BNS, 2023 read with Sections 3/4 of the D.P. Act.

And In the matter of:

Mansura Bibi and another ... petitioners Mr. Tapodip Gupta ... for the petitioners Ms. Z.N. Khan Mr. Santanu Deb Roy ... for the State Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the principal accused being the husband is in custody. A charge-sheet has been submitted. The present petitioners are the mother-in-law and the aunt-in-law of the alleged victim.

Learned counsel for the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and refers to the post-mortem report which shows that the death was due to strangulation with head injury, ante mortem and homicidal in nature. There are statements of independent local witnesses and post-occurrence witnesses implicating the present petitioners.

Considering the incriminating materials available in the case diary, I do not consider this to be a fit case for granting anticipatory bail.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, rejected. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)