27.07.2026 SL No.31 Court No.11 (gc) (Allowed) CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) 543 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kotwali Police Station Case No.315 of 2026 dated 24.06.2026 under Sections 109/115(2)/123/126(2)/351(2)/49/62 of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of : Rohit Ray - Petitioner. Mr. Aniruddha Biswas, Ms. Kanak Mishra, Mr. Monoj Saha ….For the Petitioner. Mr. Avrojyoti Das, Ld. APP, Mr. Reshab Kumar, Mr. Rajdeep Das … For the State. Mr. Sourav Ganguly, Mr. Bibek Tarafder, Mr. Gopal Roy, Ms. Purbasha Sarkar, Ms. Rishita Chakraborty, Mr. Tathagata Banerjee ….For the De facto Complainant. 1. Liberty to correct the cause title. 2. The petitioner prays for pre-arrest bail in connection with Kotwali Police Station Case No.315 of 2026 dated 24.06.2026 under Sections 109/115(2)/123/126(2)/351(2)/49/62 of the BNS, 2023, on the ground of false implication. 3. Mr. Ganguly, learned Advocate for the de facto complainant submits that the fact that not a single drop of poison was 2 consumed should not persuade this Court that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. 4. Learned Advocate for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail and produces the case diary. It is submitted that the investigation is still going on. 5. Considering the nature of allegation, the discharge certificate of the hospital and other materials-on-record, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail. In this case, custodial interrogation of the petitioner will not be necessary. 6. Accordingly, this Court directs that, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/-, 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 Procedure, 1973, corresponding to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023. The petitioner shall meet the investigating officer once a week. The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Kotwali Police Station. The petitioner shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. 7. The petitioner will not contact with the victim or her family, either personally or over telephone or through social media. 8. In default, the jurisdictional court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail without further reference to this court. 9. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. 3 10. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Shampa Sarkar, J.)