18.08.2026 Sl.No. 5 Ct. 39 Allowed Amalranjan In The High Court At Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side CRM (A) No. 1919 of 2026 In Re: An application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/corresponding to under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; filed in connection with Jamalpur Police Station Case No. 215 of 2026 dated 03.06.2026 under Sections 126(2)/117(2)/308(5)/351(3)/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to GR no. 3015 of 2026. -And- In the matter of : Mantu @ Subharanil Chowdhury … Petitioner Ms. Moumita Mukherjee ….for the petitioner Mr. Subrata Mukherjee Mr. Sanjib Das ……..for the State 1. There are some inadvertent mistakes in the order dated 14.08.2026. The appearance of learned advocates for the parties will be as follows, i.e., Ms. Moumita Mukherjee….for the petitioner; and Mr. Subrata Mukherjee along with Mr. Sanjib Das….for the State. The same stands corrected and be incorporated in the order dated 14.08.2026 as above. 2. Other portions of the order shall remain unaltered. 3. Department is directed to take necessary steps for corrections. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that the present petitioner is the owner of a 2 grocery shop. He has been falsely implicated in this case only due to political rivalry. The case is out and out false.One another co-accused anticipatory bail has been allowed by this court today. He prays for anticipatory bail on any terms and conditions. 5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and produces the case diary and submits that there are sufficient materials against the petitioner 6. Having heard the learned counsels for the respective parties and on perusal of the materials available on record as well as the case diary, including the injury report, this court is of the opinion that this is a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner as there is no need for custodial interrogation/detention. 7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner, namely, Mantu @ Subharanil Chowdhury is allowed. 8. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer on the terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 9. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions mentioned above, the prosecution shall be at 3 liberty to pray for cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted by this Court in accordance with law. 10. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. 11. Memo of evidence filed by the State is taken on record. 12. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. 13. 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. )