Arghya Roy Pradhan v. State Of West Bengal

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION 17.10.2022 Sl. JCB 7 Court No.28 Sourav/ Suvayan (Allowed) C.R.M. (A) 609 of 2022 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed in connection with Mekhliganj Police Station Case No. 232 of 2016 dated 16.08.2016 under Sections 143/ 341/ 324/325 /326 /307/ 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

And In the matter of: Arghya Roy Pradhan ....petitioner.

Mr. Phiroze Idulji Mr. Debasish Mukhopadhyay Ms. Jeenia Rudra ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty Mr. Nilay Chakraborty Mr. Saikat Chatterjee ...for the State.

Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail.

We have considered that the petitioner is one of 99/100 persons who are named as accused in the charge-sheet comprising almost an entire village. We also note that most of the other accused persons have either been enlarged on bail or granted anticipatory bail.

We are, accordingly, inclined to allow the petitioner's prayer for anticipatory bail.

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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of

the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and on condition that the petitioner shall appear every day 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.

Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed.

C.R.M. (A) 609 of 2022 is, thus disposed of.

(Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.) (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)