Kheru Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 4650 of 2022 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Hogolberia Police Station Case No. 256 of 2022 dated 09.08.2022 under Sections 376/511/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Kheru Mondal ....petitioner.

Ms. Karabi Roy ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Iqbal Kabir ...for the State.

Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

28.09.2022 Sl.66 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) The complaint was lodged after about a month from the date of the incident. The victim is a married lady. Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on 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.

Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 4650 of 2022 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)