21.08.2026 Serial no. 277 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 809 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Jibantala PSCase No. 208/2021 dated 02.07.2021 u/s 363/365 of the IPC, Section 6/12 of the POCSO Act and Section 3/4/5/6 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Special Case No. 93 of 2022. -And- In the matter of : Sanjeet Kumar @ Sanjeet @ Sandip @ Sandeep Soni … Petitioner(s) Mr. Tarique Quasimuddin Ms.Sanchita Chaudhuri Mr. Adnan Lodi … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Pritam Ray Ms. Triparna Ray … for the State-respondent(s) The petitioner faces the same consequences of Majhaulia PS Case No. 366 of 2021 where he was granted bail by the Patna High Court. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail as the Section which were applied in the said case are not similar to the provisions under which the investigation has been carrying out and charge-sheet has been submitted by the I.O. of the present case. 2 I have taken into account the statement of the victim in the case at Majhauli and I find that the said case was also registered under the provisions of the IPC, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and POCSO Act. Having considered the fact that the petitioner has already suffered custody in respect of the investigation of the case where victim is the same, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioner. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner [Sanjeet Kumar @ Sanjeet @ Sandip @ Sandeep Soni] 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 charge-sheet has already been submitted in the present case, this order of anticipatory bail will remain valid for a period of six weeks from date. Accordingly, CRM (A) 809 of 2026 is disposed of. Report submitted be kept with the record. 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