18/02/2026 D/L – 7 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 46 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Uttarpara P.S case no. 264 of 2025 dated 11/11/2025 under Sections 126(2)/118(1)/118(2)/109/318(4)/316(2)/351(2)/3(5) of the BNS. In the matter of: Bidhan Singha ...Petitioner. Mr. Milon Mukherjee Mr. Prasanta Kr. Banerjee Mr. Dattatreya Dutta …for the petitioner. Mr. Soumik Ganguly Md. Ejaj Akhter …for the State. 1. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is 75 years old. He had sold a plot of land and the de-facto complainant purportedly acted as a broker. Money was to be paid only after the entire deal was over but he was demanding money from before hand. On one occasion, the de-facto complainant came to the petitioner’s house in this context and started a quarrel. Fight ensued and the de- facto complainant received some injuries, which were not grievous in nature. Although the date of occurrence was of 15.10.2025, the FIR was lodged on 12.11.2025. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that there was a linear cut injury with sharp borders seen on the arms of the victim. 2 3. Considering the above, the fact that the incident happened after the de-facto complainant had come to the house of the 75 year old petitioner and considering the delay in lodging the FIR, 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. 4. In the event of arrest, the petitioner 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 the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the I.O once a fortnight till submission of report in final form. 5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed. 6. The personal appearance of the Investigating Officer is noted and is dispensed with. 7. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)