09.01.2026 Court No.28 Item No.21 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 4194 of 2025 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Chanchal P.S. Case No.881 of 2025 dated 08.07.2025 under Sections 85/103(1)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: Sahanaj @ Sahanaj Khatun ….Petitioner. Mr. Soupal Chatterjee …for the petitioner Mr. Saibal Bapuli Mr. Aniket Mitra ….for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The marriage between the couple took place 20 years ago. Thereafter, the principal accused being the husband of the victim had an illicit relationship with some women of the locality including the present petitioner. In fact, two and half months ago, the principal accused and the petitioner got married. However, it was the principal accused who had allegedly committed murder of the victim. The present petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the post mortem report and other statements of witnesses. Charge sheet has been submitted. Considering the materials available in the case diary, the fact that the principal accused is in custody and the alleged role 2 ascribed to the present petitioner, 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 surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks from this date and pray for bail and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly 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.)