31.07.2026 Court No.35. D/L.17. Rakib (Allowed) CRM (A) 1545 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Parnashree Police Station case no. 225 of 2026 dated 23.04.2026 under Sections 308(5)/329(4)/303(2)/351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In the matter of : Ganesh Paul. ……Petitioner. Mr. Moyukh Mukherjee Ms. Sagnika Banerjee Ms. Sarmistha Basak .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Dipanjan Dutt Mr. Soumya Nag Mr. A. Rakshit Mr. Rajdeep Sengupta ......for the De-facto complainant. Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharya, Ld. APP Ms. Tanusree Kar ……for the State. Learned senior advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in connection with the instant case and the allegations which have been made is to exert pressure upon the petitioner. According to the learned advocate petitioner had an unblemished career and is being stigmatized by the de-facto complainant. Learned advocate appearing for the de-facto complainant opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the overt acts of the present petitioner resulted in ransacking of the office and till date the digital machineries are not available neither the police could trace the same out. 2 Learned advocate appearing for the State also opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits a report wherefrom which reflects that there are four antecedents of the present petitioner starting from the year 2012. So far as the nature of the offence complained of and the cases registered, I am of the view that a last opportunity is granted so that the liberty of the petitioner is not jeopardize. As such prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner namely, Ganesh Paul is allowed on the following condition: (i) As such, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall furnish bond subject to the satisfaction of the investigating officer/arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (ii) Petitioner shall not enter into the jurisdiction of Parnashree Police Station except for the purposes of meeting with the investigating officer of the case. (iii) Petitioner shall meet with the investigating officer of the case within a period of 10 days and shall make himself available as and when called for by the investigating officer of the case. (iv) In case the de-facto complainant provide materials to the investigating officer that there has been violation of the aforesaid conditions and the petitioner is available within 3 the jurisdiction of Parnashree Police Station, in that case the order of anticipatory bail or any subsequent bail obtained pursuant to this order would be cancelled by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore without further reference to this Court. With the aforesaid observations, CRM (A) 1545 of 2026 is allowed. Pending application (s), if any, is consequently disposed of. Report submitted by the State be kept with the record. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)