10.07.2026 Supp. 10 jb. jdt. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 2103 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Indus Police Station Case No. 176 of 2026 dated 01.06.2026 under Sections 448/342/323/325/307/354B/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code And In the matter of : Abhijit Chatterjee @ Abhijit Chattopadhyay & Ors. …. petitioners Ms. Pampa Dey Dhabal ... For the petitioners Mr. Gouranga Kr. Das Mr. Tirthankar Das … For the State Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the alleged incident occurred in 2016. FIR was lodged in 2026. No explanation has been given for the same. The petitioners have been falsely implicated due to political rivalry. No incident as alleged occurred at all. Learned counsel for the State produces the case diary and opposes the prayer. The alleged incident occurred in 2016 and the FIR was lodged in 2026, that is, 10 years after the alleged incident took place. No explanation has been assigned in the FIR justifying the said delay. It is a fact that fracture injury was sustained by the victim which has been addressed. Considering the material available in the case diary, this Court is inclined to hold that custodial interrogation of 2 the petitioners is not required. They may be granted anticipatory bail. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners namely Abhijit Chatterjee @ Abhijit Chattopadhyay, Prasanta Pandit, Samir Roy, Bakul Pandit and Mrinal Batabbal @ Mrinal Kanti Batabbal shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-(rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. The petitioners shall meet the Investigating Officer of the case once a week till submission of charge sheet. They shall appear before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for regular bail within two weeks from date. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Case diary be returned. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)