MEGHNAD CHAKRABORTY AND ANR v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL
CRM (A)/2057/2026 · 2026-09-01
Ajay Kumar Gupta
body2026
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01.09.2026 Sl.No. 4 Ct. 39 Allowed Amalranjan In The High Court At Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side
CRM (A) No. 2057 of 2026
In Re: An application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/corresponding to under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; filed in connection with Murshidabad PD Cyber Crime Police Station Case No. 36 of 2025 dated 13.08.2025 under Sections 318(4)/319(2)/336(3)/338 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in connection with GR no. 5391 of 2025. -And-
In the matter of : Meghnad Chakraborty & Anr. … Petitioners Mr. Abdur Rakib Mr. Biswajit Sarkar Mr. Mojahid Mehedi ….for the petitioners Mr. Sourav Mondal ……..for the State
1. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that the present petitioners are not named in the FIR and they have been falsely implicated in this case, even though they are in no way connected with the alleged offence whatsoever. Learned counsel further submitted that the co-accused person was granted regular bail by the Trial court. He prays for anticipatory bail in any terms and conditions of the present petitioners. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State produces the case diary, memo of evidence and on his
2 usual fairness submits that no monetary transaction available with the present petitioners and de-facto complainant and he left the matter to the discretion of this court. 3. Memo of evidence, filed by the State, is taken on record. 4. Having heard the learned counsels for the respective parties and on perusal of the materials available on record as well as the case diary including the statement of the witnesses, this court is of the opinion that this is a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioners as there is no prima facie sufficient materials against the present petitioners. So, there is no need of custodial interrogation/detention of the present petitioners. 5. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the present petitioners, namely, 1. Meghnad Chakraborty and 2. Md. Jamal Hassan is allowed. 6.
In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer on the terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. In the event the petitioners fail to comply with any of the conditions mentioned above, the prosecution shall be at liberty to pray for cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted by this Court in accordance with law. 3
8. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. 9. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. 10. Concerned Department is directed to supply certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Ajay Kumar Gupta, J. )