Bikash Jana @ Bikash Chandra Jana v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

21.12.2022 Serial no. 07 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 5806 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Patashpur Police Station Case No. 292 of 2020 dated 05.08.2020 under Sections 135(i)(b) of the Electricity Act, 2003 read with Amendment Act, 2007.

-AndIn the matter of : Bikash Jana @ Bikash Chandra Jana ... ... Petitioner Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, Mr. Samrat Paul, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Chattaranjan Ghosh, Mr. P. Agarwal, Advocates ... ...For the State Mr. Aniket Mitra, Advocate .. ...For the WBSEDCL Petitioner deposited 50% of the provisional bill pursuant to order dated December 14, 2022.

Considering the materials in the case diary, the conduct of the petitioner herein and the gravity of the offence, we are inclined to 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 also be 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 shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of the

investigation and on further 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. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 5806 of 2022 is disposed of.

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