28.08.2026 Serial no. 9 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 2694 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Chanchal PS Case No. 116/2026 dated 09.02.2026, GR No. 405 of 2026 u/s118(2)/109/61(2)/3(5) of the BNS. -And- In the matter of : Alok Mandal &Ors. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Kazi M. Rahman … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Ooiseeroop Sinha Mr. Abhijit Singh … for the State-respondent(s) Liberty is granted to the petitioners to correct the cause-title. Learned advocate for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in connection with the instant case by their relation. The petitioner no.1 is the brother; petitioner no.2 is the wife of the petitioner no.1, petitioner no.3 is the mother-in-law and petitioner no.4 is the sister-in-law. Learned advocate also submits that the petitioners have been implicated in the criminal case on the basis of suspicion. 2 The records of the case reflect that the complainant has been changing her version from time to time. However, I find that although a case has been made out particularly in a mysterious set of circumstance, and the dead body was cremated after signing the bond at the hospital, but, responsibility cannot be caste upon the present petitioners. Having considered the overall circumstances, I am of the view that custodial detention of the present petitioners is unwarranted. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners [Alok Mandal, Bharati Mandal @ Bharati Das Mandal, Lilima Mandal and Tara Mandal] be released on anticipatory bail subject to the satisfaction of the 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. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioner no.1 shall meet with the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of ten days from date and, thereafter, on all subsequent dates as would be fixed by the Investigating Officer of the case for the sake of investigation. The other petitioners would make themselves 3 available before the I.O. as and when they would be required by the I.O. for the sake of investigation till the report in Final Form is submitted before the learned jurisdictional court. Accordingly, CRM (A) 2694 of 2026 is disposed of. The investigating officer of the case is present in court today. His further appearance before this court for the day is dispensed with. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)