29.09.2026 Sl. No. - 63 Court No.35 Rohan (Rejected) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M.(A) 3104 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Kultali Police Station Case No. 224 of 2026 dated 30.04.2026 for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2)/140(3)/64(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. -And- In the matter of: Rafik Laskar …Petitioner Mr. Pronojit Roy Mr. Ashutosh Mandal …for the Petitioner Mr. Subrata Mukherjee Mr. Arijit Bhusan Bagchi …for the State 1. Affidavit of service submitted be kept with the record. 2. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and the other accused person has been released on bail by the Juvenile Justice Board. 3. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail. 4. I have taken into account the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS and considering the complicity of the petitioner, I am not inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2 5. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner, namely, Rafik Laskar is rejected. 6. With the aforesaid observation, C.R.M. (A) 3104 of 2026 is dismissed. 7. Memo of evidence and the report submitted be kept with the record. 8. All parties shall act in terms of the server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. 9. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)