Shankar Das @ Shankar Chandra Das And ANR v. The State Of West Bengal

AD-218 Ct No.01 Jalpaiguri 01.02.2023 TN Calcutta High Court In The Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side CRM (A) 779 of 2022 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 22.12.2022 in connection with Dhupguri Police Station Case No. 511 of 2022 dated 30.08.2022 under Sections 498A/304B IPC and corresponding to G.R. Case No. 4919 of 2022.

And In the matter of: Shankar Das @ Shankar Chandra Das and another .... petitioners Mr. Sudip Guha ... for the petitioners Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Ms. Namrata Das ... for the State The petitioners are the parents-in-law of the deceased who have been entangled in this case along with the principal accused personhusband and other accused persons also. It has been submitted that two of the accused persons have been released on bail and one other has been granted anticipatory bail earlier by the court. In this case so far as these petitioners are concerned, considering the materials in the case diary, we find that their detention may not be imperative for the purpose of investigation. Accordingly, the entire facts and circumstances of this case leads us to grant anticipatory bail to the two petitioners. Accordingly, CRM (A) 779 of 2022 is allowed, thereby granting anticipatory bail to the petitioners on condition that the petitioners

shall comply with the conditions in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

In the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing bonds of Rs.10,000/- each, with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. The petitioners shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the local police station during investigation and shall cooperate with the investigation.

(Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.) (Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)