01.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.848 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 2863 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. 0981 dated 06.06.2026 under Sections 384/385/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Pranab Kumar Nandi alias Gopal Nandi ... Petitioner. Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Sr. Adv., Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Mr. Janardhan Singh, Ms. Trisha Rakshit, Ms. Aishwarya Datta, Ms. Bidisha Chakraborty, Ms. Sadia Parveen ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Aditya Tiwari, Ms. Namrata Chatterjee ... For the State. Learned senior advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in connection with the instant case pursuant to change of administration. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and draws the attention of the Court to the relevant materials. I have taken into account the incident which has been complained of which relates to the incident of 2022. Having considered the same, I am of the opinion that although a case for investigation may have been made out, but custodial 2 detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner viz., Pranab Kumar Nandi alias Gopal Nandi shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioner, within a period of ten days from date, shall make himself available before the Investigating Officer of the case and thereafter, the Investigating Officer of the case, if required, would fix subsequent dates for presence of the petitioner for the sake of investigation till the report in final form is submitted before the jurisdictional court. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 2863 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly 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.)