Debasis Mondal@Debasish Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

24.08.2022 Serial no. 01 [Dd] (Anticipatory bail) Allowed)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) 377 of 2022 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Maynaguri Police Station Case No. 200 of 2022 dated 26.05.2022 under Sections 306 of the Indian Penal Code. -AndIn the matter of : Debasis Mondal @ Debasish Mondal ... ... Petitioner Mr. Snehansu Majumder, Mr. Prabir Majumder., Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, ld. APP (Via video conference) Mr. Tapan Bhattacharjee, (Via Video conference), Mr. Mr. Ujjwal Luksom, Advocates ... ...For the State Considering the postmortem report of the victim which suggests that the victim committed suicide and considering the materials in the case diary, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on further condition that the petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the

investigation and on further condition that the petitioner shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (A) 377 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)