Anup Chowdhury v. The State Of West Bengal

35.

18.02.2025.

Court No.26 (Pritam) (Allowed)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (DB) 4050 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arising out of Pukhuria Police Station Case No.381/2024 dated 09.07.2024 under Section 306 of the IPC, 1860.

And In the matter of: - Anup Chowdhury.

...petitioner.

Mr. Soupal Chatterjee ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Bitasok Banerjee, Ms. Pallavi Priyadarshee ...for the State.

1. Police filed charge-sheet.

2. Post-mortem report classified the death of the victim due to the effects of hanging ante-mortem in nature.

3. The post-mortem report suggests that, there is a noncontinuous ligature mark placed high up around the neck. As to whether the petitioner abetted the commission of the suicide may be decided at the trial.

4. In such circumstances, we grant bail to the petitioner.

5. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner, namely, Anup Chowdhury shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of

learned Additional Sessions Judge, Chanchal, Malda. The petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date of substantive hearing subject to the provisions of Section 317 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 355 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

6. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions stipulated above, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail in accordance with law without further reference to this court.

7. The application for bail being CRM (DB) 4050 of 2024 is, thus, disposed of.

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