Sanjay Halder @ Geru Halder v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR.

01.02.2024 Serial no. 69 Anticipatory bail [Rejected] Dd CRM (A) 5337 of 2023 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Santipur Police Station Case No. 1087 of 2023 dated September 28, under Sections 341/323/354/509/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 adding Section 12 POCSO Act, 2012.

-AndIn the matter of : Sanjay Halder @ Geru Halder ... ...Petitioner Ms. Sananda Bhattacharyya, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Bitasok Banerjee, Advocate ... ...For the State Leave granted to the learned advocate for the petitioner to correct the cause title.

Statement recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code as also statements of the witnesses recorded under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code implicate the petitioner before us in the offences alleged against him. Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner in the incident, we are unable to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. CRM (A) 5337 of 2023 is dismissed.

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