Buddhadeb Mallick And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 5744 of 2022 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kharagpur (Town) P.S. Case No.711 of 2022 dated 30/11/2022 under Sections 406/420/325/354/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Buddhadeb Mallick & Ors.

....petitioners.

Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Ld. APP Mr. Subrato Roy ...for the State.

Petitioners pray for anticipatory bail.

(AD) 12.12.2022 Court No.29 (Allowed) The police case emanate out of a claim for money lent and advanced. The case diary does not contain any documentary evidence suggesting that there was money lent and advanced as claimed.

In such circumstances, we grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also 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 nos.1,2 and 5 will report before the Investigating Officer as and when called for till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner nos.3 and 4 will cooperate with the investigation till the conclusion of the investigation and on

condition that the petitioners 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 petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 5744 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)