20.08.2026 Serial no. 584 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 2648 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Girish Park PS Case No. 45 dated 20.03.2026 u/s 118(1)/127(2)/190/191/191(2)/191(3)/324(2)/74 of the BNS, Section 3 PDPP Act and Section 8(1)(a)/9 of the WBMPO Act. -And- In the matter of : Prasenjit Pal &Anr. … Petitioner(s) Ms. Rituparna De Ghose Mr. A.K. Saha Mr. Souryadeep Ghosh … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Brajesh Jha, ld. APP Ms. Ooiseeroop Sinha Mr. Anurag Sardar … for the State-respondent(s) Leave is granted to the petitioners to incorporate necessary corrections in the cause title. Learned advocate for the petitioners submits that the present case was instituted because of political vendetta. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. I have taken into account the materials appearing in the case diary. 2 Having considered the same, I am of the opinion that custodial detention of the present petitioners may not be warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners [Prasenjit Pal and Ajay Prajapati @ Monu] be released on anticipatory bail subject to the satisfaction of the 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. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioners shall meet with the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of ten days from date and, thereafter, on all subsequent dates as would be fixed by the Investigating Officer of the case for the sake of investigation. Accordingly, CRM (A) 2648 of 2026 is disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3