Asim Sk v. State Of West Bengal

21.12.2020 Court No.28 SL No.164 AP CRM 10536 of 2020 (Through Video Conference) In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Raninagar P.S. Case No.381 of 2020 dated 07.10.2020 under Sections 417/376 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act and subsequently Charge Sheet under Section 417/376/120B of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act. And In the matter of: Asim Sk ....Petitioner.

Mr. Md. Golam Nure Imrohi ...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Narayan Prasad Agarwala, Mr. Protick Bose ...for the State.

It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is not the principal accused and victim has already been recovered. Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having considered the materials on record and keeping in mind the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime and as the victim has already been recovered, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. The parties shall act in terms of the copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this court.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)