30.09.2026 Serial no. 1057 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 2994 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Mahestala PS Cse No. 388 of 2026 dated 27th June, 2026 u/s 135/138 of the Electricity Act, 2003. -And- In the matter of : Poly Barua &Anr. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Indranil Halder … for the petitioner(s) Ms. Hasi Saha Ms. Samira Grewal … for the State-respondent(s) Ms. Sinthiya Habib … for the CESC Learned advocate for the CESC submits that she has instruction that 50% of the Final Assessment Bill has been paid by the petitioners. State is present. In view of the changed circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioners. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners [Poly Barua and Swarup Barua] be released on 2 anticipatory bail subject to the satisfaction of 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 petitioners 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. Accordingly, CRM (A) 2994 of 2026 is disposed of. 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.) 3