Sadhana Ray And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

02.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 6046 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Arambagh Police Station Case No. 174 of 2022 dated 15.06.2022 under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Sadhana Ray & Anr.

...... petitioners Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Ms. Sompurna Chatterjee Mr. Sourav Mondal ....for the petitioners Mr. Pravas Bhattacharya Mr. Pratick Bose ....for the State The State did not oppose the claim for parity with the other co-accused, who was enlarged on anticipatory bail by the order dated September 27, 2022 passed in CRM(A) 4531 of 2022.

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/- 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

petitioners shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer till the conclusion of the investigation and on 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.

This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)