21.08.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.69 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 2684 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Bhatar Police Station Case No. 276 of 2026 dated 25.05.2026 under Sections 329(4)/318(2)/351(3)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act (G.R. Case No. 2986/2026). And In Re : Nilkanta Adhikari and others ... Petitioners. Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Ms. Trisha Rakshit, Ms. Bidisha Chakraborty, Ms. Sadia Parveen ... For the Petitioners. Ms. Pramita Banerjee ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners are similarly placed as the other accused person who has been granted anticipatory bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the affected persons. I find that so far as the issue relating to attack is concerned, all the accused persons are similarly placed. Having considered that the genesis of the case arose out of duplicate job cards issued and the materials which are appearing in the case diary reflecting that such job cards were issued in the year 2007 and 2008, I am of the opinion that custodial detention of the present petitioners in 2 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 shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also be 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. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioners, within a period of ten days from date, shall make themselves available before the Investigating Officer of the case and thereafter, the Investigating Officer of the case, if required, would fix subsequent dates for presence of the petitioners for the sake of investigation. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 2684 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.)