04.08.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 83. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (A) 2014 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Baguiati Police Station Case No. 288 of 2026 dated 31.05.2026 under sections 109/115(2)/118(1)/126(2)/3(5)/308(2)/308(3)/308(4)/324(4)/329 (4)/336(3)/338/340(2)/351(2) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of : Rathindra Nath Shit @ Rathin Shit & Ors. ……Petitioners. Mr. Sourav Chatterjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Nag ……for the Petitioners. Ms. Sayan Mukherjee ….for the State. Petitioners are better situated than the other accused person who has been granted anticipatory bail. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail as a reign of terror was carried out by these petitioners. Having regard to the fact that petitioners were carrying out their activities under the umbrella of the other accused and since other accused has been granted anticipatory bail, I am inclined to extend the same relief to the present petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed. 2 As such, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners be released on bail subject to the satisfaction of the investigating officer/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 in progress, petitioners shall meet with the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of 10 days and on all subsequent dates as the Investigating Officer deems fit and proper. Accordingly, CRM (A) 2014 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of Evidence submitted be kept with the record. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)