Rafija Mondal And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal

01/12/2025 M/L - 94 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 3819 of 2025 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Dhantala P.S case no. 438 of 2025 dated 8.6.2025 under sections 85/103/3(5) of the BNS.

In the matter of: Rafija Mondal & Ors.

...Petitioners.

Mr. P. Majumder ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Partha pratim Das Ms. Debolina Das ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the mother-in-law and the sisters-in-law of the alleged victim. The principal accused being the husband was arrested.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he refers to the statement of a child of the victim and other materials available in the case diary and submits that the principal accused is indeed the husband who was arrested.

3. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the alleged roles ascribed to the present petitioners and the fact that charge-sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

4. In the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each 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 further conditions that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioners shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date.

5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

6. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)