Calcutta High CourtCRM(A)/123/2025dismissed

Bapan Barman v. The State Of West Bengal

2025-04-07Hon'Ble Justice Arijit Banerjee2 pages

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07.04.2025 Court No.1 (Tanmoy) Rejected CALCUTTA HIGH COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI

APPELLATE SIDE CRM (A) 123 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of: - Bapan Barman ...petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, APP Mr. Sourav Ganguly ...for the State.

Mr. Avrojyoti Das Mr. Rajdeep Das ...for the de facto complainant.

1. Read order dated April 1, 2025.

2. On the last date, it was specifically stated that the petitioner undertakes to appear before the Investigating Officer within the next three days.

3. Learned Advocates for the State and the de facto complainant tell me that the petitioner has not appeared before the Investigating Officer. Report filed by the Investigating Officer be kept with the records.

4. Not only that the petitioner has not reported to the Investigating Officer, today nobody appears for him in support of this application.

5. In view of the conduct of the petitioner, I am not inclined to entertain the petitioner's prayer for anticipatory bail. The prayer for anticipatory bail is thus rejected.

6. Accordingly, the application for bail being CRM (A) 123 of 2025 is dismissed.

(Arijit Banerjee, J.)