Calcutta High CourtCRM(A)/920/2023allowed

Sahadeb Barman v. The State Of West Bengal

2023-11-30Hon'Ble Justice Debangsu Basak,Hon'Ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi2 pages

30.11.2023 Serial no. 08 (Anticipatory bail) (Allowed) ( Dd ) Calcutta High Court In The Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, Appellate Side CRM (A) 920 of 2023 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Alipurduar Police Station Case No. 171 of 2023 dated 18.05.2023 under Sections 498A/376D/302/304B of the Indian Penal Code. Charge sheet submitted under Sections 498A/304B of the IPC.

-AndIn the matter of : Sahadeb Barman ... ... Petitioner Mr. Sourav Ganguly, Mr. Gopal Roy, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Saikat Chatterjee, Mr. Chattu Roy, Advocates ... ...For the State Petitioner before us is the brother-in-law of the victim. Apparently, the victim committed suicide.

Husband and the father-in-law of the victim enlarged on bail by the jurisdictional Court.

Police filed charge sheet.

Considering the fact that the husband and the father-inlaw were enlarged on bail by the jurisdictional Court and considering the fact that police filed charge sheet and considering the materials in the case diary and considering the fact that police started investigation, inter alia, under Sections 498A/376D/302/304B of the Indian Penal Code,

proceeded to file charge sheet, inter alia, under Sections 498A/304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, 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 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) 920 of 2023 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)