Mahesh Kumar Saraff v. State Of West Bengal

03.01.2023 Serial no.49 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed) CRM (A) 6108 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Belur Police Station Case No. 187 of 2022 dated 24.08.2022 under Sections 420/406/506/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. -AndIn the matter of : Mahesh Kumar Saraff ... ... Petitioner Mr. Sandipan Ganguly, ld. Sr. adv.

Mr. Dipanjan Dutt Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, ld. APP Ms. Sonali Das, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioner is the father of a person who allegedly took loan from different persons of diverse amounts. At this stage, apart from the relationship between the petitioner and the person tooking the loan as father and son, no other nexus is demonstrated.

In such circumstances, we are inclined to 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), 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 report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and on further 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. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 6108 of 2022 is disposed of.

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