25.08.2026 Sl.No. 7 Ct. 39 Allowed Amalranjan In The High Court At Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side CRM (A) No. 1949 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; filed in connection with Pukhuriya Police Station Case no. 69/2026 dated 18.02.2026 under Sections 69/351(2) of the BNS, 2023, corresponding to GR no. 516/2026. -And- In the matter of : Gopal Karmakar Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Saurodeep Dutta Mr. Arpayan Mukherjee Mr. Swakshar Kumar Mondal Mr. Himadree Ghosh ….for the petitioner Mr. Somnath Adhikary Mr. Sanjib Das …for the State Mr. Aliul Islam …for the defacto-complainant 1. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner had a longstanding romantic relationship with the victim, who is a widow, for about 3 years and they had physical relations. When the relationship turned sour, she falsely implicated him in the present case. He prays for anticipatory bail for the petitioner on any terms and conditions. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State produces the case diary, memo of evidence and further relies upon the statement recorded under Section 180 2 and 183 of the BNSS and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 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 case diary and the memo of evidence produced by the State including the FIR as well as the statement of the victim, it is revealed that there was a long standing romantic affair between the parties. Considering the overall facts and the statements, this court finds that this is a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner, as there is no need of custodial interrogation/detention as the chargesheet has already been submitted. 5. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner, namely, Gopal Karmakar is allowed. 6. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chanchal, 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; with further conditions that the petitioner shall not enter into the jurisdiction of Pukhuriya Police Station where the 3 victim resides save and except attending the court proceedings; the petitioner shall reside outside the jurisdiction of Pukhuriya Police Station and shall provide his address and mobile number to the Trial Court. 7. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions as imposed by this court, the prosecution shall be at liberty to pray for cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted by this court in accordance with law. 8. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. 9. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. 10. The 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. )