19.08.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 591. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (A) 2593 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Bhowanipore Police Station Case No. 84 of 2026 dated 23rd March, 2026 under Sections 319(2)/336(2)/338/339/340(2)/61(2) of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 12(1)(b) of the Passport Act, 1967. And In the matter of : Farah Hayat Khan ……Petitioner. Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharya Mr. Priyankar Ganguly Ms. Neelanjana Ghorui Ms. Anusmita Bhattacharya ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Anindya Ghosh Mr. Pronojit Roy ….for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that during the renewal of the passport, petitioner has been foisted with the present criminal case. Learned advocate for the State submits that the documents which have been collected by the police authorities reflect different date and place of birth of the present petitioner which has led to the registration of the present case. There are no materials to suggest that petitioner is a citizen of a foreign country. Till now the investigation is going on. If such material 2 appear, the Courts will consider the same in accordance with law. For the time being, the materials which have been collected by the Investigating Agency, I am of the opinion that if the petitioner cooperates with the investigation, her custodial detention is unwarranted. As such, prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed. As such, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner namely, Farah Hayat Khan be released on bail subject to the satisfaction of the investigating officer/arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Petitioner shall make herself available to the investigating officer of the case as and when called for and petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of Tangra Police Station and not to change the address. The proper address, within a period of a week, be submitted to the investigating officer of the case. With the aforesaid observations, CRM (A) 2593 of 2026 is allowed. Memo of Evidence submitted 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. 3 Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)