Manas Ranjan Das v. State Of West Bengal

29.11.2022 Serial no. 05 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 5235 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Egra Police Station Case No. 757 of 2022 dated 20th October, 2022 under Sections 135(i)(b) and (d) of Electricity Act, 2003 as amended in accordance with the amendment Act, 2007. -AndIn the matter of : Sri Manas Ranjan Das ... ... Petitioner Mr. Arijit Chatterjee, Ms. Sharmistha Dhar, Mr. Soumon Nand,, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Aniket Mitra, Advocate ... ...For the WBSEDCL Ms. Kum Kum Mitra, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioner deposited 50% of the provisional assessment bill with the Distribution Company pursuant to order dated November 16, 2022.

Considering such conduct of the petitioner and the materials in the case diary, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), 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 report before the

Investigating Officer as and when called for till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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 petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 5235 of 2022 is disposed of.

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