Rani Routh v. State Of West Bengal

06.02.2024 Item No.525ML Ct. No. 29 CHC Allowed C.R.M.(A) 5602 of 2023 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Lake Town Police Station Case No. 210 of 2023 dated 04.10.2023 under Sections 420/406/354/509/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of : Rani Routh ...... petitioner Mr. Asis Bhattacharyya, Mr. B. Mitra, Ms. Nilam Shaw, Mr. Sukhen Bar ....for the petitioner Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Anindya Sundar Chatterjee ....for the State Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

Petitioner apparently is a wife of a Manager of a hotel. Apparently, the hotel is lying closed over certain civil disputes.

Considering the materials in the Case Diary, considering her gender and considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner in the incident, 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/- (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 condition that the petitioner will cooperate with 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. CRM(A) 5602 of 2023 is disposed of.

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