Arifa Sahaji v. State Of West Bengal

26.11.2025 Court No.28 Item No.54 ssi CRM (A) 3658 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Swarupnagar PS Case No.281 of 2025 dated 02.05.2025 under Sections 318 (2)/319(2)/336(2) (3)/340 (2)/61 (2) of the BNS, 2023 AND Section 14C of the Foreigner's Act.

And In the matter of: Arifa Sahaji ....Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Q.A.M. Firoz Ms. Torsa Min Bahar Mr. Debjit Ghosh ...for the petitioner Mr. Saibal Bapuli Mr. Mujibar Ali Naskar ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is an Indian Citizen. She is a relative of the principal accused. The parents of the principal accused asked the petitioner to file a document being the birth certificate of the petitioner in Court. She had no idea about the genuineness of the certificate. She has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he submits that charge sheet has been submitted.

Considering the nature of allegations, the materials available in the case diary, the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner that she had actually filed some document in Court on behalf of the principal accused and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

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, 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 further conditions that the petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly. The petitioner shall co-operate with further investigation, if any.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)