Bappa Das @ Nilu v. State Of West Bengal

17.11.2022 Serial no. 43 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 5276 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chandannagore Police Station Case No. 169 of 2022 dated 25.07.2022 under Sections 143/186/333/353/326/307 of the Indian Penal Code.

-AndIn the matter of : Bappa Das @ Nilu ... ... Petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee, Mr. Sauradeep Dutta, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Saibal Bapuli, ld. APP Mr. Soumik Ganguly, Advocates ... ...For the State The claim for parity with the other co-accused who was enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated October 31, 2022 passed in CRM (A) 4834 of 2022 is not being disputed on behalf of the State.

In such circumstances, 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 once in a month 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) 5276 of 2022 is disposed of.

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