Balaram Pal @ Balaram Paul And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.M. (A) 5670 of 2023 20.02.2024 ML.587 Court No.29 (AD) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Patiram Police Station Case No.219 of 2023 dated 12.10.2023 under Sections 498A/304(B)/109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. (G.R. Case No.2066 of 2023).

And In the matter of: Balaram Pal @ Balaram Paul & Anr. ....petitioners.

Mr. Kaushik Choudhury Ms. Busra Khatun Mr. Abhisek Kabir ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee, Ld. APP Mr. Santanu Chatterjee ... for the State.

Petitioners before us are the parents-in-law of the victim. Apparently, they used to live separately.

Husband is still in custody.

Considering such aspects, 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner no.1 will report before the Investigating Officer once a month till the conclusion of the investigation and petitioner no.2 will cooperate with the investigation 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. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 5670 of 2023 is, thus, disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)