Mantu Prasad v. State Of West Bengal

AD 67 December 4, 2025 Ct. 28 SG CRM(A) 3896 of 2025 Allowed An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Rishra Police Station Case No.157 of 2023 dated 11.09.2023 under Sections 120B/471/407/408 of the IPC. And In the matter of:

Mantu Prasad ... petitioner Mr. Biswarup Chatterjee Mr. Pritam Sarkar ... for the petitioner Ms. Amita Gaur Md. Y.A. Ismail ... for the State Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had sought earlier dues regarding transportation of goods. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that during transport of goods through the petitioner as the transporter, certain valuable goods were found missing. No statement of the driver of the vehicle has been recorded. The petitioner has met the investigating officer pursuant to notice given to him. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary, 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, shall meet the investigating officer once a fortnight till submission of report in final form 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.)