Jayjit Mukherjee v. State Of West Bengal

22.01.2024 Serial no. 14 Anticipatory bail [Allowed] Dd CRM (A) 4743 of 2023 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Hooghly Rural District Cyber Crime Police Station Case No. 04 of 2022 dated 18.04.2022 under Sections 420/419/406/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

(G.R. Case No. 558 / 2022) -AndIn the matter of : Jayjit Mukherjee ... ... Petitioner Mr. Subhasish Pacchal, Mr. Siraj Goopta, Mr. Subhajay Sen, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy,APP Mr. Subroto Roy, Advocates ... ...For the State Police filed charge sheet.

In the charge sheet, name of the petitioner transpires both in the columns of a witness as well as an accused. In such circumstances, we 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 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) 4743 of 2023 is disposed of.

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