20.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.920 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 1700 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Tehatta Police Station Case No. 424 of 2024 dated 14.06.2024 under Sections 341/326/307/354B/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act. And In Re : Azizul Sk and another ... Petitioners. Mr. Santanu Talukdar, Mr. Priyankar Ganguly, Ms. Pipasa Chakraborty ... For the Petitioners. Mr. Sunil Gupta ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent of the charges and have been falsely implicated in connection with the instant case. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and on specific query of this Court, learned advocate submits that from the statement of the victim recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS, the names of these petitioners are not reflected. I have taken into account that there are 23 accused persons and the present case has been registered in the year 2024. Having considered the period of time which has already lapsed since the registration of the FIR and the locus of the present petitioners, I am of the opinion that custodial 2 detention of the present petitioners in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners viz., 1. Azizul Sk and 2. Sahajamal Mandal shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper 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 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Since charge-sheet, till date, has not been submitted, as informed by the learned advocate for the State, I direct the petitioners to meet the Investigating Officer of the case once in a fortnight till the charge-sheet is submitted before the jurisdictional court. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 1700 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned 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 with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)