24.08.2026 Serial no. 24 (Anticipatory bail) (Allowed) ( Dd ) In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdictional Appellate Side CRM (A)/2500/2026 In re : An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 154 of 2026 dated 08.06.2026 under Sections 126(2) /3(5) /308(5) /316(2) /318(4) /351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 relating to GR Case No. 1518 of 2026 pending before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Serampore, Hooghly. -And- In the matter of : Soumiii Ganguly Chakraborty @ Soumili Chakraborty … … Petitioner Mr. Pabitra Ganguly, Advocate Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Advocate Mr. Avik Ghosh, Advocate … … For the Petitioner Mr. Pinaki Bhattachareyya, Ld. Sr. Govt. Advocate Mr. Amartya Mohan Bhattacharyya, Advocate … …For the State 1. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the de facto complainant was the councillor of Uttarpara Municipality. Husband of the petitioner published certain digital materials against the alleged corruption of the de facto complainant. The present petitioner is alleged to have assaulted the principal accused in the commission of the alleged offence. The present petitioner is alleged to have assisted the principal accused Subhojyoti Chakraborty in publishing the said videos on the social media platform. The husband of the present petitioner was granted bail by the learned jurisdictional Court. 2 2. On the other hand, learned advocate for the State refers to various materials in the case diary including the statements recorded under Section 183 of BNSS as also under Section 180 thereof. It is submitted by the learned advocate for the State that the petitioner along with her husband extorted money from the de facto complainant. He also refers to a seizure list contained in the case diary. However, no money was recovered as per the said seizure list. Learned advocate for the State also submits that the investigation of the case is still going on. 3. From the materials in the case diary, it appears that the petitioner and her husband are alleged to have extorted money from the de facto complainant putting him under threat that materials against the de facto complainant would be uploaded on the social media platform. However, in course of investigation, no money could be recovered from the accused persons. Moreover, husband of the present petitioner has already been granted bail by the jurisdictional Court. 4. In consideration of the facts and circumstances of the present case and the materials in the case dairy, prayer of the petitioner for anticipatory bail is allowed. 5. Accordingly, I direct that 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, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer 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 and on further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigations till its conclusion and on further condition that the petitioner shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in 3 default the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioner in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. 6. The application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner stands allowed. 7. CRM (A)/2500/2026 is disposed of. (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)