Anita Hazra v. State Of West Bengal

AD 90 November 28, 2025 Ct. 28 SG CRM(A) 3768 of 2025 Allowed An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Tapan Police Station Case No.386 of 2024 dated 27.08.2024 under Sections 318(4)/351(3)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

And In the matter of:

Anita Hazra ... petitioner Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharya Ms. Anushka Bose Mr. Uttam Mukherjee ... for the petitioner Ms. Amita Gaur Ms. Rita Datta ... for the State Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a dispute between family members has given rise to the proceeding. In any event, the present petitioner has a strained relationship with her husband. There was no occasion for giving money to her to get a job.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail, refers to the copy of a receipt whereby the husband of the petitioner who had taken a sum of money in this regard. She also relies on the statements of witnesses. Considering the nature of allegations, the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner and the fact that the FIR was lodged much after the said monetary transactions, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) 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 the further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)