Nimai Das And ORS. v. The State Of West Bengal

07.02.2024 Serial no. 37 Anticipatory Bail [Allowed] Dd CRM (A) 5506 of 2023 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bolpur Police Station Case No. 493 of 2023 dated 22.11.2023 under Sections 498A/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. (G.R. Case No. 1240/2023) -AndIn the matter of : Nimai Das & Ors.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Sanjib Kr. Dan, Mr. Saryati Datta, Mr. Chitrak Biswas, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioners Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee, Mr. Subham Kanti Bhakat, Advocate ... ...For the State Apparently, victim made a statement to a person before her death suggesting that she self immolated herself due to a quarrel between one Mandira Das and her. Such person is not the petitioner before us.

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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) 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 petitioner no. 1 shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a week till the conclusion of the

investigation and petitioner nos. 2-4 shall cooperate with the investigation till its completion and on further 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.

Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. CRM (A) 5506 of 2023 is disposed of.

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