27.07.2026 Ct. No. 11 SL No.30 Cp CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) No. 542 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 Falakata Police Station Case No. 407 of 2026, dated 18.06.2026, under Section 108 of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: Dilip Roy & Ors. ….Petitioners. Mr. Sudip Guha Ms. Ankita Nag …for the Petitioners. Ms. Panchali Deb Shikder Nag Ms. Smita Mitra Sinha Ms. Roumyadip Saha … for the State. The petitioners pray for pre-arrest bail. Learned advocate for the State opposes such prayer. Considered the materials on record, the contents of the complaint filed by the husband of the victim and the time gap between the incident and date of the complaint. This Court is inclined to allow the prayer for pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, this court directs that, in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.50,000/- each 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 no. 1, namely Dilip Roy shall meet the 2 investigating officer once a week. All the petitioners will cooperate with the investigation and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. The petitioners shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Falakata Police Station. In case the petitioners fail 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 is, 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.)