Sushanta Das And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

07.11.2022 Serial no.46 Aloke CRM (A) 4818 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Raiganj Police Station Case No. 981 of 2022 dated 02.08.2022 under Sections 498A/325/313/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

-AndIn the matter of : Sushanta Das & Anr.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Kunal Ganguly, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Bidyut Kr. Roy, Advocate Ms. Rita Datta, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioners seek anticipatory bail.

The husband was enlarged on bail by the jurisdictional Court. There is a delay in lodgment of the first information report. The father-in-law and the brother-in-law of the de facto complainant is before Court.

In such circumstances, considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioners therein, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, 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 condition that the petitioners shall meet the Investigating Officer one in a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on further condition that the petitioners 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 petitioners in

Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. CRM (A) 4818 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)