Himangshu Pal v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

08/12/2025 D/L - 12 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3554 of 2025 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Chakdaha P.S case no. 975 of 2025 dated 30/8/2025 under Sections 75 of the BNS.

In the matter of: Himangshu Pal

...Petitioner.

Ms. Puja Goswami ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Santanu Talukdar ...for the State.

1. Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits as follows. There was a dispute between the Managing Committee and the petitioner. The petitioner was a Teacher of the Government School. On a particular occasion, a student was using a mobile phone. The petitioner rebuked her. This resulted in a backlash. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the statements of the victim recorded before the Police as well as the Magistrate. There was a written representation given by the victims before the School Authorities.

4. It appears that out of the 20 victims 10 victims, have given statements before the Magistrate and none of them have implicated the petitioner in any manner whatsoever.

5. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that charge-sheet has been submitted, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. In the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further condition that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date.

7. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)