16.02.2026 Court No.28 Item No.35 ssi CRM (A) 256 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Goghat Police Station Case No.545 of 2025 dated 01.02.2025 under Sections 318(2)/ 64/318(4)/316(2)/115 (2)/117 (2)/352/3(5) of the BNS 2023. And In the matter of: Avijit Das …. Petitioner. Mr. Suman Chakraborty …for the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Sujan Chatterjee ..for the State Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record. Despite service, no one appears on behalf of the alleged survivor. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. After her husband died, the de facto complainant developed a relationship with the present petitioner. It is further alleged that she had lent a sum of money to the petitioner and that, despite giving assurances of marriage, the petitioner did not marry her. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he submits that the alleged victim had refused medical examination. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary, 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. 2 Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. 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 conditions that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the I.O. once a week till submission of report in final form. (Jay Sengupta, J.)