Kaliprasanna Dafadar v. The State Of West Bengal

28.01.2026 Court No.28 Item No.9 ssi CRM (A) 4212 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Mayureswar Police Station Case No.226 of 2025 dated 22.09.2025 under Sections 409/419/420/468/471/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Kaliprasanna Dafadar .... Petitioner.

Mr. Sandipan Ganguly, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Kunal Ganguly Mr. Kaustav Banerjee ...for the petitioner Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld. APP Ms. Kanchan Roy ..for the State Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner was a Postal Assistant at a Sub Post Office. The first FIR against him was lodged by the Inspector of Posts on 05.02.2024. He was arrested on 10.04.2024 and was thereafter granted statutory bail. The allegations covered the period 2023-2024. On 04.10.2024, an application was filed under Section 156 (3) of the Code by a postal agent with the allegation for the same period that the petitioner had defalcated money belonging to 17 depositors. As the offences alleged in the second FIR are covered by the first FIR, the petitioner cannot be incarcerated in connection with the same offences all over again.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he submits that the allegations pertain to the same time period between 2023-2024. There are other

cases pending against the petitioner in respect of several other depositors.

It appears that the petitioner was in custody for 90 days in connection with an FIR covering the same time period for which it is alleged that he had committed offences by embezzling funds of depositors.

Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, 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 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a week till submission of report in final form.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)