12.08.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.300 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 987 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kharagpur (Local) Police Station Case No. 163 of 2026 dated 17.02.2026 under Sections 329(3)/75(2)/76/351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (G.R. Case No. 487/2026). And In Re : XXXXX Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Siddhartha Sarkar, Ms. Swastika Chowdhury, Ms. Ilika Nag, Mr. Avijit Chatterjee, Mr. Sourav Gupta ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Koustavlal Mukherjee ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case out of previous grudge. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and produces the case diary. I have taken into account the statement and I am of the opinion that although a case for investigation may have been made out, but custodial detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer 2 on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioner, within a period of ten days from date, shall make himself available before the Investigating Officer of the case and thereafter, the Investigating Officer of the case, if required, would fix subsequent dates for presence of the petitioner for the sake of investigation. Petitioner shall also stay outside the jurisdiction of Kharagpur Local Police Station till the investigation of the case is completed. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 987 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned 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 with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)