22.04.2026 Sl. No.10 Ct. 28 NB C.R.M (A) 1019 of 2026 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 Ranaghat PS Case No.174/2026 dated 17.03.2026 under Sections 85/108/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: Bablu Biswas & Ors. … petitioners Mr. Sumanta Das. …for the petitioners. Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharya, Md. Yaser A. Ismail. …for the State. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the husband and the parents in law of the alleged victim. The marriage took place about 8 years ago. The 7 year old child is presently with the petitioners. The petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case. After a dispute had cropped up, a settlement was arrived at and the petitioners brought back home the alleged victim. It is alleged that on the very next day, she committed suicide after being caught chatting with another person, as if, like husband and wife. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. She refers to the FIR, the statements of witnesses including neighbours and the postmortem report. From the FIR, it appears that after a case was started for maintenance and the victim had gone away to her paternal home, 2 the petitioners came and took back the wife upon arriving at a settlement. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and on further condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and the petitioner nos.1 and 3 shall meet the Investigating Officer once a fortnight till submission of report in final form. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)