Sasthi Barman v. The State Of West Bengal

04.04.2025 Item no. 09.

Court No.1.

S.De (Allowed) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CRM (A) 174 of 2025 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Cooch Behar Sadar Women Police Station Case No.218 of 2024 Dated 25.11.2024 under Sections 126(2)/118(2)/109(1) of the B.N.S., 2023.

And In the matter of : Sasthi Barman.

......Petitioner.

Mr. Hillol Saha Poddar, Ms. Mousumi Das, ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Saikat Chatterjee, Mr. Chattu Roy, ......for the State.

1.

The petitioner says that her husband Pradip Das has another wife by the name of Anjana Koiborto. There was a fight between her and the said Anjana. In the process, Anjana sustained certain injuries. This is purely a family matter. She will co-operate with the investigating officer. She prays for anticipatory bail. 2.

Learned State counsel shows me the injury report. The report shows that the injury is not grievous. 3.

On an overall assessment of the material-on-record and considering the nature and circumstances of the alleged evidence and also considering that the petitioner is a lady and a house wife, I am of the view that immediate

custodial interrogation of the petitioner may not be necessary, so long as she co-operates with the investigating officer.

4.

Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner, namely, Sasthi Barman shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-, with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and shall abide by the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 until further orders and on further condition that she shall cooperate with the investigating officer and shall meet the Investigating Officer of this case as and when called for. 5.

In case the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions mentioned in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the learned Court below shall be entitled to cancel the anticipatory bail without further reference to this Court. 6.

The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 174 of 2025, stands disposed of.

7.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Arijit Banerjee, J.)