31.08.2026 Item No.12 Court No.551 KS Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Appellate Side C.R.M. (A) 2498 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Katwa Police Station Case No.417 of 2026 dated 09.06.2026 under Sections 308(3)/ 324(4)/ 329(3)/ 351(2)/ 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to PTN Case No.1331 of 2026 pending before the Ld. A.C.J.M, Katwa, Purba Bardhaman. And In the matter of: Sujay Maitra ...… Petitioner Mr. Sarbananda Sanyal Mr. Soumya Basu Roy Chowdhury .…For the Petitioner Ms. Sreshtha Ghosh Ms. Sanjana Jha .…For the State 1. Upon hearing the learned advocate for the petitioner as well as learned advocate for the State and upon perusal of the materials and the Case Diary it transpires that the present petitioner, who was a Ward Commissioner of Municipality, extorted Rs.19,00,000/- from the de facto complainant sometimes in the year 2023. The petitioner alongwith others also alleged to have forcefully dispossessed the de facto complainant from his landed properties and again demanded a sum of Rs.23,00,000/- for vacating that land. They are also alleged to have 2 constructed a two storied building violating the injunction order granted by the High Court. There appears nothing in the Case Diary that any contemporaneous complaint was lodged by the de facto complainant in the year 2023 or thereafter. There is nothing in the Case Diary that the de facto complainant has moved an Application of Contempt or an application under Order 39 Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure for violation of the alleged order of injunction. 2. It is submitted by learned advocate for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to political enmity. Moreover, a co-accused was granted anticipatory bail by the learned Jurisdictional Court by an order passed on August 20, 2026 in Criminal Misc. Case No.2073 of 2026. 3. Considering the nature of allegations as well as materials in the Case Diary and also taking into account the other facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner may be granted anticipatory bail. 4. 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 3 the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS and on further condition that the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of investigation and on 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 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. 5. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 6. Accordingly, C.R.M. (A) 2498 of 2026 stands disposed of. (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)