Calcutta High CourtCRM (A)/3354/2025allowed

Lipi Singha Roy @ Lipika Singh Roy v. State Of West Bengal

2025-10-14Hon'Ble Justice Apurba Sinha Ray2 pages

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14.10.2025 Court No.6 (Tanmoy) VB Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (A)/3354/2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Basudebpur Police Station Case No.

176/2025 dated 13/06/2025 under Sections 409/417/420/465/468/469/471/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, corresponding to Sections 316(5)/318(2)/318(4)/336(3)/336(4)/340(2)/61(2) of BNS, 2023.

And In the matter of: - LIPI SINGHA ROY @ LIPIKA SINGH ROY ...petitioner.

Mr. Koustav Bagchi Mr. Debayan Ghosh Ms. Priti Kar ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Sandip Kundu ...for the State.

1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State are present.

2. Having heard the submission of learned Counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the objection raised by learned State Counsel and also in view of the fact that another accused person has been favoured with anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court, I am inclined to allow the petitioner's prayer for anticipatory bail.

3. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner, namely, LIPI SINGHA ROY @ LIPIKA SINGH ROY, shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, one of

whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and shall abide by the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, until further orders.

4. In case the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stipulated above, the learned Court below shall be entitled to cancel the anticipatory bail without further reference to this Court.

5. The application for anticipatory bail being CRM (A)/3354/2025 is accordingly disposed of.

6. Criminal Section is directed to make available urgent photostat certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.)