21.08.2026 Sl.No.19 Ct. 39 Rejected Chanchal In The High Court At Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side CRM (A) No. 2008 of 2026 In Re: An application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with G.R. Case No. 1428 of 2026 arising out of Raniganj Police Station Case No. 194 of 2026 dated 30.05.2026 under Sections 316(5)/317(2)/318(4)/303(2)/ 287 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act read with Section 23 of the Petroleum Act, 1934. -And- In the matter of : Md. Sabir … Petitioner. Mr. Avik Ghatak Mr. S. Krishna Dasgupta Mr. Aritra Roy ….for the petitioner Ms. Susrabhi Banerjee ……..for the State 1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that the present petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case since he is the Sahakari Sabhadipati in Panchayat Samity. He is also permanent employee of ECL. The articles which were recovered from the garage as well as newly constructed building of ECL is not connected with the present petitioner. The petitioner resides in a different allotted quarter of ECL. He prays for anticipatory bail on any terms and conditions. 2 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State produces the memo of evidence as well as case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the present petitioner relying upon statement recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS of the witnesses. 3. Memo of evidence, filed by the State, is taken on record. 4. Having heard the learned counsels for the respective parties and on perusal of the materials available on the record, case diary as well as statement of the Officer of Amritnagar Colliery and other neighbours, it appears that the petroleum product recovered were from two places of Amritnagar under Raniganj Police Station and the said places were under illegal control of the present petitioner. 5. Hence, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the present petitioner is rejected. 7. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. 8. Concerned Department is directed to supply certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Ajay Kumar Gupta, J. )