Ranita Mahajan v. State Of West Bengal

08.12.2025 Court No.28 Item No.29 ssi CRM (A) 3745 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Arambagh PS Case No.179 of 2024 dated 09.04.2024 under Sections 302/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Ranita Mahajan.

....Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Milon Mukherjee, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Arunava Ganguly ...for the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Tirthankar Dhali ..for the State Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner was a director of a company. The victim was allegedly an agent of their chit fund company. He committed suicide by falling from the roof of the office of the chit fund company. The Managing Director of the company present there was arrested. The present petitioner was not present at the relevant time. Charge sheet has been submitted.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he relies on statements of witnesses including the statement of a witness present at page 124 of the case diary. He was an employee of the concerned and according to him, he had gone out for some work from the office and when he came back, he did not find the victim. The employee had stated the names of certain other employees who were present at the relevant time. The Director used to stay in his own chamber. Subsequently, the dead body was found in front of the building.

Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, the fact that the co-accused was arrested and was granted bail 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 not threaten or intimidate witnesses.

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