Shankar Gupta v. State Of West Bengal

03.01.2024 Ct. No. 29 S.D.

Allowed C.R.M.(A) 4446 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kaliachak Police Station Case No. 1006 of 2023 dated 30.7.2023 under Section 323/326/341/354/379/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re: Shankar Gupta @ Tantu ...... petitioner Mr. Avinaba patra Mr. Dipayan Kundu ....for the petitioner Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty ....for the State The application for anticipatory bail is taken up for consideration subsequent to the order dated October 16, 2023, passed by the Coordinate Bench.

By such order dated October 16, 2023, the petitioner was enlarged on an interim anticipatory bail.

It is submitted at the bar that, the interim anticipatory bail was passed just prior to the ensuing puja vacation without considering the materials in the case diary.

We perused the materials in the case diary.

Apparently, there is counter complaint lodged at the behest of the petitioner prior in point of time. A person was injured in the incident. The injury report does not suggest that he received grievous hurt.

In such circumstances, we confirm the interim order dated October 16, 2023.

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 petitioners 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.)