13.02.2026 Court No.28 Item No.25 ssi CRM (A) 49 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Balurghat Police Station Case No.810 of 2025 dated 05.12.2025 under Sections 64 (2) (j)/64 (2) (m) of the BNS 2023. And In the matter of: Goutom Agarwala @ Gautam Agarwal …. Petitioner. Mr. Partha Ghosh Mr. Kaushik Choudhury Mr. Dwaipayan Panda …for the petitioner Mr. Tridib Das …for the de facto Ms. Sujata Das Mr. Prantick Bose ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. There was a dispute regarding enhancement of salary with the alleged victim. The FIR was lodged after a delay of about more than one month from the alleged date of occurrence. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the alleged victim files a Vakalatnama which is taken on record. He opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, she submits that the victim had refused medical examination. 2 Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that there is a delay in lodging the FIR and that the alleged victim refused medical examination, 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. 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 Investigating Officer once a week till submission of report in final form. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)