Mannu Kumar Gupta v. State Of West Bengal

03.01.2023 Ct. No. 29 KAUSHIK Allowed C.R.M.(A) 6065 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Taltala Women Police Station Case No. 13 of 2022 dated 19.11.2022 under Sections 376/417 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In Re : Mannu Kumar Gupta ...... petitioner Mr. Sudip Banerjee ....for the petitioner Ms. Faria Hossain Ms. Baisali Basu Ms. Mamata Jana ....for the State The de-facto complainant and the victim are adults. The de-facto complainant in her statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure acknowledges a pre-existing relationship.

In such circumstances, we 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/-, 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 petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight

till the conclusion of the investigation and on 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.

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