24.08.2026 Court No.35. D/L.597. Rakib (Allowed) CRM (A) 2721 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Ranaghat Police Station case no. 547 of 2026 dated 30.07.2026 under Sections 448/326/354B/307/420/376/511/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act. And In the matter of : AAA & Anr. ……Petitioner. Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv, Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay Mr. Sukanta Rakshit Ms. Sadia Parween ......for the Petitioner. Mr. Ranojoy Chatterjee Mr. Swarnajit Das ......for the Opposite Party no.2 Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharjee Mr. Aniruddha Sarkar ……for the State. Leave is granted to the learned advocate for the petitioner to amend the cause title so far as the sections are concerned. Learned senior advocate appearing for the petitioners submit petitioners have been foisted with the criminal case because of change in administration. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that so far as the petitioner no.2 is concerned there is a similar case which has been registered on or about 26.07.2026. Learned advocate appearing for the de-facto complainant opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 2 I have taken into account the accusations which relate to the year 2016, 2018. Having regard to the same, I am of the view that although, investigation can continue but custodial detention of the present petitioners may not be warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case. As such, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. As such, in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper 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 petitioners, within a period of ten days from date, shall make themselves 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 petitioners for the sake of investigation. If required, petitioners shall be directed to stay outside the jurisdiction of local police station by the investigating officer of the case. With the aforesaid observations, CRM (A) 2721 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of evidence submitted by the State be kept with the record. 3 Affidavit-of-service filed by the petitioner 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.)