Paltu Mandal v. State Of West Bengal

22.11.2022 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 5350 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kaliachak Police Station Case No. 1273 of 2022 dated 03.11.2022 under Sections 417/376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Paltu Mandal ...... petitioner Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee Mr. Debapriya Majumdar ....for the petitioner Mr. Pravas Bhattacharya Mr. Pratick Bose ....for the State Apparently, there are discrepancies between the statements of the complaint lodged on November 1, 2022 and the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The victim is an adult and married to a different person. 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/-, 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 meet the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and on 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.

This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)