Md Najrul Islam v. State Of West Bengal

21.09.2020 tkm C.R.M. 6616 of 2020 sl no. 66 CRAN 1 of 2020 (via video conference) In Re : An application for anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Kotwali P.S case no. 806 of 2019 dated 21.11.2019 under sections 465/468/471/420/403/34 of the IPC And In Re : Md. Najrul Islam & Ors.

...... petitioners Mr. Arnab Saha ...... for the petitioners Mr. Nilay Chakraborty ...... for the State Petitioners undertake to affirm and stamp the petition/application as per Rules within a month of resumption of normal functioning of the court. Subject to such undertaking, the application is taken up for hearing through video conferencing. Accordingly, the application being 1 of 2020 is disposed of. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that they had not prepared any forged document and they have been falsely implicated in the instant case.

Learned lawyer for the State submits that the petitioners along with co-accused had prepared forged and fabricated marriage certificates and personated as Muslim Marriage Registrars. Prayer for bail of co-accused has been turned down by a co-ordinate bench of this court.

We have considered materials on record. Prima facie, petitioners appear to have entered in a deep-rooted conspiracy to cheat members of the Muslim community by personating as marriage registrars and had issued fake and fraudulent certificates.

Extent and ramification of the conspiracy would require custodial interrogation of the petitioners.

In view of the aforesaid fact and gravity of the offence, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Kausik Chanda, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)