21.07.2026 Ct. No. 11 SL No.31 Cp allowed CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) No. 497 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 482 of the B.N.S.S. 2023, in connection with Tufanganj Police Station Case No.277 of 2026, dated 19.05.2026 under Sections 329(4)/ 126(2)/ 118/ 305/351 (2)/(3)/3(5)(6) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: Dhiman Shil ….Petitioner. Mr. Satarudriya Mukherjee Ms. Tannu Agarwal …for the Petitioner. Mr. Janardan Periwal Mr. Roumyadip Saha Mr. Shyamal Barman … for the State. The petitioner prays for pre-arrest bail. The petitioner is a principal of a college. It is submitted that some of the co-accused have been granted bail. The FIR was lodged almost two years after the date of the alleged incident. Learned advocate for the State opposes such prayer. Perused the case diary, the injury report and the statement of the witnesses. This court finds that this is a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, this court directs that, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.30,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal 2 Procedure, 1973, corresponding to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023. The petitioner shall meet the investigating officer once in a fortnight and cooperate till conclusion of the investigation and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In case the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stated above, the learned jurisdictional court shall be entitled to cancel the bail without further reference to this court. The application for anticipatory bail, thus, disposed of. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Shampa Sarkar, J.)