08.09.2026 Serial no. 6 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 2907 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Namkhana PSCase No. 150 of 2026 dated 23.07.2026 u/s 107/64(2)(m)/3(5) of the BNS and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. -And- In the matter of : Pradip Banerjee &Anr. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. S. S. Saha … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Kallol Mondal, ld. PP Mr. Soumyapriya Chudhury Ms. C. Chatterjee … for the State-respondent(s) Pursuant to the earlier directions, the Superintendent of Police, Sundarban Police District is present before this court in virtual mode. The Investigating Officer of the case has submitted an explanation. Let the same be kept with the record. Further appearance of both the Officers before this court is dispensed with for the day. The petitioners are the parents of an individual who was in a relationship with the victim who committed suicide after the relationship was snapped. Learned advocate for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and they have been foisted with the 2 present criminal case as they are the parents. But, there are no issue relating to abetment. Learned advocate canvassed that so far as the petitioners are concerned, the petitioners surrendered before the JJB and were dealt with by the said authority. Learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and produces the case diary. The attention of the court has been drawn to the documents being the suicide note which was collected in course of the investigation. On perusal of the case diary particularly the statement under section 183 of the BNSS along with the pages of the diary of the victim which has been treated to be the suicide note, I find that there are accusations against the other accused, namely, Surya Banerjee. But so far as the present petitioners are concerned, there are no issues relating to abetment as is appearing from the case diary. Having considered the same, I am of the opinion that custodial interrogation 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 [Pradip Banerjee and Supriya Banerjee] be released on anticipatory bail subject to the satisfaction of 3 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 till the report in final form is submitted before the learned Jurisdictional court. So far as the petitioner no.2 is concerned, she would make herself available before the I.O. of the case as and when she would be required by the I.O. for the sake of investigation. Accordingly, CRM (A) 2907 of 2026 is disposed of. Case diary be returned to the learned advocate for the State. Explanation report submitted be kept with the record. 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.) 4