Dipak Bera v. State Of West Bengal

03.01.2023 Serial no.9 Aloke CRM (A) 5876 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Egra Police Station Case No. 695 of 2022 dated 23.04.2022 under Sections 135(1)(a) of the Electricity Act.

-AndIn the matter of : Sri Dipak Bera ... ... Petitioner Mr. Arijit Chatterjee, Advocate Ms. Sharmistha Dhar, Advocate Mr. Soumen Nanda, Advocate Mr. Amitabha Maity, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Kum Kum Mitra, Advocate ... ...For the State Mr. Aniket Mitra, Advocate ... ...For the WBSEDCL Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail.

Petitioner complied with the order dated December 19, 2022.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the conduct of the petitioner, 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 condition that the petitioner will report before the Investigating Officer as and when called for 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) 5876 of 2022 is disposed of.

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