Monotosh Gouswami And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

03.11.2025 Court No.28 Item No.39 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 3219 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Asansol (South) P.S. Case No.224 of 2025 dated 29.06.2025 under Sections 336(3)/340(2)/338/318(4)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of: Monotosh Gouswami & Anr.

....Petitioners.

Mr. Priyankar Ganguly Ms. Shalini Bairagi Ms. P. Chakraborty ...for the petitioners.

Ms. Sreyashi Biswas Ms. Rajnandini Das .....for the State.

Heard the learned counsels for the parties.

Perused the case diary.

Considering the materials available in the case diary, the fact that the principal accused was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and in view of the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioners, that too only by a co-accused and a son of a victim, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. In the event of arrest, the petitioners 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 the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with investigation, shall meet the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of report in final form and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)