28.08.2026 Serial no. 5 Anticipatory bail [Rejected] Dd In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdictional Appellate Side CRM (A)/2525/2026 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 G.R. No. 299 of 2016 arising out of Pandua Police Station Case No. 98 of 2016 dated 15.02.2016 under Sections 363/366/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 -And- In the matter of : BAPAN SARKAR … …Petitioner Mr. Santanu Talukdar, Advocate Mr. Priyankar Ganguly, Advocate Ms. Pipasa Chakraborty, Advocate … … For the Petitioner Mr. Anindya Ghosh, Advocate Mr. Pronojit Roy, Advocate n … …For the State 1. Memo of Evidence filed in Court be taken on record. 2. Incident relates to the year 2016 and FIR was filed for abducting the victim girl. According to the materials in the case diary, the victim was kept at the house of the present petitioner where she was subjected to sexual assault. The FIR was initiated in the year 2016 and the charge sheet was filed in September, 2016 itself. Since then the petitioner has been absconding. 3. In consideration of the aforesaid facts and circumstances and long absconsion of the present petitioner, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. 5. CRM (A)/2525/2026 is dismissed. (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)