10.11.2025 Court No.28 Item No.19 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 2884 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Khanakul P.S. Case No.348 of 2024 dated 30.06.2024 under Sections 419/420/406/465/467/468/471/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Surajit Batabyal ….Petitioner. Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya …for the petitioner Mr. Ranadeb Sengupta Mr. Asif Dewan ….for the State Mr. Soumya Dasgupta Mr. Sattwik Majumder Mr. Ritankar Das ….for the de facto complainant Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The allegation is that the petitioner identified the seller in a sale deed of 2018. The land was allegedly a debottar property. It is denied that the land was a debottar property. An RTI reply would show that there was nothing on record to show that the land was debottar property. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. She relies on the case diary and submits that a deed of 1916 has been found to show that the entire property in question was declared debottar. It appears that in 1955 in the land records two persons were shown as sebaits and the land was categorized as raiyatee. After the cases were started, 50 per cent of 2 the property was recorded back as debottar property as a corrective measure by the concerned authorities. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the de facto complainant strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that the land was always debottar property and the petitioner has been aware of the same. It appears that there is civil dispute over whether the land in question was debottar and whether in part. However, the petitioner cannot be held responsible if any wrong had been done in 1955 in recording the property in the name of two persons as raityee land. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary, the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, 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 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with investigation, shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses and shall meet the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of report in final form. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 3 Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for. (Jay Sengupta, J.)