27.04.2026 Court No.28 Item No.74 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 1210 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 Bongaon P.S. Case No.1243 of 2022 dated 15.11.2022 under Sections 498A/306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. And In the matter of: Suhina Khatun @ Soniya Mondal ….Petitioner. Mr. Susnigdho Bhattacharyya Ms. Sarmistha De Ms. Popi Sarkar …for the petitioner. Mr. Soumik Ganguly Ms. Sonali Bhar ….for the State. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the daughter-in-law of the deceased victim. The marriage between the couple in question took place 20 years ago. The husband of the victim was arrested and was thereafter granted bail. Charge sheet has been submitted. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that a prima facie case is made out against the petitioner as would be evident from the FIR and the statements of local witnesses. Reliance is placed on the post mortem report. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that one of the co-accused being the husband of the alleged victim was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and the fact that charge sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2 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 surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks from this date and pray for bail and shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for. (Jay Sengupta, J.)