Waheda Khatun Saha v. State Of West Bengal

AD 59 November 25, 2025 Ct. 28 SG CRM(A) 3621 of 2025 Allowed An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. of 2185 of 2025 dated 07.10.2025 under Sections 406/409/420/120B of the IPC.

And In the matter of:

Smt. Waheda Khatun Saha ... petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Sauradeep Dutta Mr. Arpayan Mukherjee Mr. Himadree Ghosh ... for the petitioner Mr. Subhamoy Bhattacharya Mr. Rahul Ganguly ... for the State Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a lady sub-inspector of police. She jointed service in 1999. She has a good track record and was granted rewards and awards. Over this, some other colleagues including the IC became jealous. She has falsely implicated in this case after one year nine months of the alleged date of occurrence. It was alleged that she was incharge of a Malkhana where 100 gm gold went missing. The Malkhana is under CCTV Surveillance and there are two keys for the storage, one kept with the IC and the other with the in-charge.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail, but submits that CCTV footage was not available as the alleged incident happened long back. Considering the above and other materials available in the case diary, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

In the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on the further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation, shall meet the investigating officer as and when required and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)