Ramkrishna Rajbanshi v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 5118 of 2023 30.01.2024 DL.72 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jiaganj Police Station Case No.234 of 2023 dated 17.10.2023 under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (G.R. Case No.3462 of 2023).

And In the matter of: Ramkrishna Rajbanshi ....petitioner.

Ms. Minoti Gomes ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Bitasok Banerjee ... for the State.

Report as called for by the order dated January 24, 2024 be taken on record.

Post-mortem report of the victim suggests that the victim committed suicide.

Police are investigating a case, inter alia, under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Abetment, if there be any, to the commission of the suicide by the petitioner may be decided at the trial.

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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer once a fortnight 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. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 5118 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)