Basudeb Das And ORS. v. The State Of West Bengal

Court No. 29 CRM(A) 5244 of 2023 31.01.2024 (A 525) In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Palashipara Police Station Case No. 314 of 2023 dated 10.10.2023 under Sections 498A/325/307/376/51/1/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allowed (S. Banerjee) And In the matter of: Basudeb Das & Ors.

Ms. Minoti Gomes Mr. Amanul Islam Mr. Sourav Mukherjee ... for the petitioners Mr. Prasun Kumar Dutta Mr. Dipankar Mahata ... for the State The police complaint was lodged 30 years after marriage.

Statements of the neighbours, apparently, are omnibus and general in nature.

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 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 nos. 1, 2 and 3 shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a month, till the conclusion of the investigation while the petitioner no. 4 will cooperate with the Investigating Officer, and on further 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.

Prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.

CRM(A) 5244 of 2023 is disposed of.

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