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2026 DAILYLAW 36086 (CAL)

APU DAS @ APURBA DAS AND ANR. v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM (A)/2086/2026 · 2026-08-27

Ajay Kumar Gupta

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27.08.2026 Sl.No. 13 Ct. 39 Allowed Amalranjan In The High Court At Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side CRM (A) No. 2086 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 Chopra Police Station Case No. 213/2026 dated 17.04.2026 vide GR no. 1034 of 2026 under Sections 109/115(2)/118(1)/126(2)/3(5)/324(4)/351(3) of BNS and under Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, pending before the Learned ACJM, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur. -And- In the matter of : Apu Das @ Apurba Das & Anr. … Petitioners Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Mr. Shaharayar Alam Ms. Laboni Sikder Mr. Souvik Dey ….for the petitioners Mr. Narattam Acharyya ……..for the State 1. The Memo of evidence, filed by the State, is taken on record. 2. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that there exists case and counter case between the parties over the political rivalry. He prays for anticipatory bail on any terms and conditions. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State produces the case diary and memo of evidence and also 2 on his usual fairness submits that there is no injury report. However, he relies upon the statement under Section 180 of the BNSS of the victim and previous antecedents against the present petitioner no. 1, and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 4. 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 statement of the victim under Section 180 of the BNSS and considering the overall facts, this court finds that this is a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 5. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners, namely, 1) Apu Das @ Apurba Das, 2) Naresh Chandra Singha is allowed. 6. In the event of arrest, the petitioners 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 BNSS, 2023. 7. In the event the petitioners fail to comply with any of the conditions mentioned above, 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. 3 9. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. 10. 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. )