Ranjan Das And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

29.10.2025 Court No.28 Item.60 D/L (Srimanta/ Mithun ) CRM(A)/3271/2025 In the matter of: Ranjan Das & Ors.

.......petitioners In Re : An application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Belghoria Police Station Case No. 287/2025 dated 31.08.2025 under Sections 108/3(5)/80/85 of the BNSS corresponding to GR No. 6695/2025 now pending before the Learned Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, North 24-Parganas.

Mr. Debasis Kar, Mr. Husen Mustafi, Mr. Arka Tilak Bhadra, Ms. Suhana Parvin ...for the petitioner.

Ms. Faria Hossain, Mr. Sujoy Sarkar ...for the State.

Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the father-in-law, the mother-in-law and the sister-in-law of the deceased victim. The husband is in custody. The marriage took place four years ago. The petitioners are not at all connected with the alleged offences. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the Case Diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the statements of witnesses and the post mortem report.

Considering the materials available in the Case Diary including the statements of witnesses and the post mortem report, the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioners and the fact that the principle accused being the husband is in custody, 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. Accordingly, 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 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 BNSS and on further condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. The petitioner no. 1 shall meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight till the submission of report in final form.

The application for anticipatory bail being C.R.M(A) 3271 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.)