Pratik Roy v. The State Of West Bengal

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI 04.05.2022 Item no.24 Court No.01 Avijit Mitra CRM (A) 211 of 2022 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure;

And In Re : Pratik Roy .... petitioner Ms. Jeenia Rudra, Mr. Debasish Mukherjee ....for the petitioner Mr. Kallol Acharjee, Mr. Sagnik Sankar Sikdar ...... for the State Apprehending arrest in connection with Pradhan Nagar Police Station Case No.132 of 2019 dated 10.03.2019 under Sections 6/8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, the present application has been preferred. Ms.

Rudra, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that since upon completion of investigation chargesheet has been submitted subsequent to rejection of the petitioner's earlier prayer for anticipatory bail on 25th February, 2021, there has a change in the circumstances and the petitioner may be granted anticipatory bail.

Mr. Acharjee, learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the petitioner's prayer and draws our attention to several documents in the case diary.

We have heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and considered the contents of the chargesheet as submitted.

It appears that there had been no substantial change in the circumstances of the case subsequent to rejection of the petitioner's earlier prayer for anticipatory bail on 25th February, 2021.

In view thereof, the application for anticipatory bail CRM (A) 211 of 2022 is dismissed.

All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.) (Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.)