D/L303 12.08.2026 Bpg. C.R.M. (A) 1074 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Belda Police Station Case No.90 of 2026 dated 13.03.2026 under Sections 126(2)/75/76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 3(1)(r)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act with added Section 64(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ; Sk. Maidul Hoda Versus State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Moyukh Mukherjee Mr. Dipayan Dan. …for the petitioner. Mr. Kallol Mondal, Ld.P.P. Mr. Anamitra Banerjee. …for the State. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been foisted with the criminal case. Even if the accusations made in the letter of complaint is accepted on its face value, no case under the relevant provisions of SC & ST (POA) Act has been made out. Learned Pubic Prosecutor appearing for the State challenges the maintainability of the present application. I find that the accusation is in a public place. Accordingly, the provisions of Section 18-A sub-Clause (2) of SC & ST (POA) Act is attracted. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail is 2 not maintainable. Consequently, CRM(A)1074 of 2026 is dismissed. All 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 of all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)