Ajay Singha v. The State Of West Bengal

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI ----------- (Via Video Conference) 14.06.2021 Court No.30 Item No.03 (ALLOWED) akd & ab CRM 610 of 2021 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Banarhat Police Station Case No. 228 of 2020, dated 23.11.2020 under Sections 498A/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. And In the matter of : Ajay Singha.

...Petitioner

Mr. Debajit Kundu.

...For the Petitioner Ms. Namrata Das, Mr. Tapan Bhattacharjee.

...For the State.

Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail.

Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the nephew of the husband of the deceased. He submits that, the brother-in-law of the deceased was granted anticipatory bail on April 28, 2021. The husband of the deceased was granted bail by the Court below. He, therefore, seeks anticipatory bail. Learned Advocate for the State submits on her usual fairness that, the name of the petitioner did not come up in course of investigation.

In such circumstances, since the husband of the deceased was granted bail and that, the brother-in-law of the deceased was granted anticipatory bail, and since the State is yet to find any material as against the petitioner, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

In the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-, with two sureties of like amount, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer of the

concerned police station with conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and on further condition that, the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a week until further order.

CRM 610 of 2021, is disposed of accordingly.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Aniruddha Roy, J.)