Asadullah v. The State Of West Bengal

12.12.2025 Court No.28 Item No.24 ssi CRM (A) 3947 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Chanchal Police Station Case No. 775 of 2025 dated 17.06.2025 under Sections 329 (3)/117(2)/118(2)/303 (2)/351 (2)/103(1)/3(5) of the BNS 2023.

And In the matter of: Asadullah ....Applicant/Petitioner Mr. Mazahar Hossain Chowdhury ...for the petitioner Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld.APP Ms. Rajashree Tah ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the victim died 16 days after the date of the incident for some other reason. There had been an altercation between the parties over the issue of the victim's daughter eloping with someone. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the statements of the victim present at page 9 of the case diary. There he had clearly taken the name of the present petitioner as the principal assailant. A person standing on a better footing was denied the benefit of anticipatory bail by this Court on 28.11.2025 in CRM (A) 3677 of 2025.

Considering the materials available in the case diary including the statements of the victim and the fact that the application for anticipatory bail of a co-accused standing on a better footing was earlier rejected by this Court, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)