15.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.M/L.182 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 2697 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 Kotwali Police Station Case No. 43 of 2026 dated 10.01.2026 under Sections 316(2)/318(4)/315(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In Re : Ratan Nanik alias Ratan Banick and another ... Petitioners. Mr. Ranjan Kali, Ms. Mitul Chakrabarty, Ms. Payel Nath, Ms. Mohul Nandi ... For the Petitioners. Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya, Mr. Amal Kumar Datta ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in connection with the instant case over a different set of dispute and a framed set of facts have been incorporated for harassing the present petitioners. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. I have taken into account the nature of the accusations and the earlier case which was instituted. Having regard to the chronology of the facts and the earlier case which was instituted at the behest of the daughter of the petitioners, I am of the opinion that custodial detention 2 of the present petitioners in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners viz., 1. Ratan Nanik alias Ratan Banick and 2. Bipasha Banik 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 no.1 shall report to the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of ten days from date and thereafter on all subsequent dates fixed by the Investigating Officer, if required for the sake of investigation, till the report in final form is submitted before the jurisdictional court and the petitioner no.2 shall make herself available as and when called for by the Investigating Officer of the case for the sake of investigation. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 2697 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.)