Haridas Biswas v. State Of West Bengal

31.10.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 4728 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Katwa Police Station Case No. 65 of 2022 dated 13.02.2022 under Sections 447/341/323/354/468/469/471/420/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Haridas Biswas ...... petitioner Mr. Ramkrishna Biswas ....for the petitioner Mr. Bidyut Kumar Roy Ms. Rita Dutta ....for the State Other co-accuseds were enlarged on bail by the Jurisdictional Court.

The petitioner is a senior citizen.

The prayer for anticipatory bail is not actively opposed on behalf of the State.

In such circumstances, 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/-, with two sureties of like amount each, 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 and on further condition that the

petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a month 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.

This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)