Sanat Murmu And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

08.10.2024 Court No.29 Item No. 18 Allowed ar CRM (A) 3653 of 2024 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Nalhati Police Station Case No. 512 of 2024 dated 09.09.2024 corresponding to G.R Case No. 1662 of 2024 under Sections 126(2)/115(2)117(2)/109(1)/ 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

And In Re: Sanat Murmu & Ors.

Petitioners Mr. Bitasok Banerji Mr. A. Salam For the Petitioners Mr. Avishek Sinha Ms. Puja Goswami For the State

1. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties.

2. Considering the materials available in the case diary, the nature and extent of complicity of the petitioners in the commission of the alleged offence and the circumstances under which such incident had occurred and the nature of injury, which does not appear to be grievous in nature, we are of the view that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is not necessary.

3. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners, namely, Sanat Murmu, Sisir Soren and Gabbar Soren shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each, with two registered sureties of like amount each, subject to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also to comply with the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. The petitioners shall meet the I.O once in a fortnight till the submission of the final report, except the petitioner no. 2 who may be called as and when required till the submission of the final report and on Signed By :

AMITAVA ROY High Court of Calcutta 8 th of October 2024 03:08:40 PM

further condition that the petitioners shall appear before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rampurhat, Birbhum, within three weeks from date in connection with G.R Case No. 1662 of 2024. In the event of non-compliance of any of the conditions, the anticipatory bail shall stand automatically cancelled without any further reference to this Court.

4. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed and the same is accordingly disposed of.

5. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Soumen Sen, J) (Uday Kumar, J) Signed By :

AMITAVA ROY High Court of Calcutta 8 th of October 2024 03:08:40 PM