CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI 09.07.2026 Ct No.5 Item No.35 S.K. CRM (A) 471 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. And In Re: Sayom Miah @ Meheddi Hasan Miah ..… Petitioner Mr. Sandip Guha Roy ….For the Petitioner Mr. Avrojyoti Das, Ld. APP Mr. Bapi Sarkar Mr. Nigam Mittal ……For the State 1. Prayer of petitioner is not pressed. Hence, the anticipatory bail of petitioner is dismissed “as not pressed”. 2. Since the petitioner has directly approached this Court with his for anticipatory bail which appears to be in contravention of the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court made in the case of Mohammed Rasal C and Another Vs. State of Kerala and another reported in 2025 SCC Online SC 2728, this Court is inclined to relegate the petitioner to the learned Sessions Court. 3. The petitioner is granted liberty to file the anticipatory bail prayer before the learned Sessions Judge afresh. 2 4. The present application for anticipatory bail by the petitioner is treated to be withdrawn. 5. Till the time the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is disposed of by the learned Sessions Judge. There shall not be any coercive steps taken against the present petitioner. (Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)