Pradip Roy v. State Of West Bengal

AD-17 Ct No.01 Jalpaiguri 12.08.2024 sp Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side CRM (A) 508 of 2024 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Old Act under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed on 11.07.2024 in connection with Kuchlibari Police Station Case No. 18 of 2024 dated 28.01.2024 under Sections 147/148/149/186/188/332/333/353/307/379/411 of the IPC read with Section 14A/14C of the Foreigner Act.

And In the matter of: Pradip Roy .... petitioner Ms. Supriya Debnath ... for the petitioners Mr. Ujjwal Luksom Ms. Namrata Das ... for the State

1. The application for anticipatory bail is canvassed on the ground that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. The investigation is still on. Police have reliably learnt that the petitioner was regularly involved smuggling of cows and other items out of India. It is further submitted that the BSFs have shot down two foreigners in course of the incident.

2. It appears from the records that an earlier application for anticipatory bail being CRM(A) 407 of 2024 was dismissed as not pressed.

3. Having regard to the statements made under Section 161 of the Cr. P.C. in the C.D. and having perused the materials in the C.D., this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. CRM(A) 508 of 2024 is, thus, dismissed.

5. Let the Case Diary be returned.

6. All the parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)