06.10.2026 Item No.56, 58 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 82 Court No.37 CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3212 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Bowbazar Police Station Case No. 168 dated 17.08.2026 under Sections 316(2)/318(4)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Naya Sanhita, 2023, pending before the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate II at Calcutta. And In the matter of : Nimai Panja ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3214 of 2026 In the matter of : Asish Kumar Banerjee ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3215 of 2026 In the matter of : Ranjay Majumder ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3216 of 2026 In the matter of : Rabindra Nath Banik ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3217 of 2026 In the matter of : Susanta Marik ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3218 of 2026 2 In the matter of : Raj Kumar Bengani ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3219 of 2026 In the matter of : Jhuma Paul ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3222 of 2026 In the matter of : Piya Sengupta ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3224 of 2026 In the matter of : Ramkrishna Hazra ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3225 of 2026 In the matter of : Saroj Mukherjee ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3226 of 2026 In the matter of : Santanu Raychaudhuri ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3227 of 2026 In the matter of : Nikhil Ranjan Paul ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3228 of 2026 In the matter of : Bijay Kumar Kalyani ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3230 of 2026 In the matter of : Rhitobrata Bhattacharya ...… petitioner with C.R.M.(A) 3239 of 2026 3 In the matter of : Tapas Chaudhuri ...… petitioner Mrs. Rituparna De Ghose, Advocate Mr. Souryadeep Ghosh, Advocate .…for the petitioners Mr. Debajyoti Deb, Advocate Ms. Kritika Jain, Advocate .…for the State in CRM(A) 3212 of 2026 Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharya, Advocate Mr. Ayan Mitra, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3214 of 2026 Mr. Somnath Adhikary, Advocate Ms. M. Sinha, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3215 of 2026 Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharya, Advocate Mr. Amal Kr. Dutta, Advocate Mr. Rishav Kumar Thakur, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3216 of 2026 Mr. K. Shome, Advocate Mr. Arijit Bhusan Bagchi, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3217 of 2026 Mr. R. V. Kundalia, Advocate Mr. Pritom Banerjee, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3218 of 2026 Mr. Amit Halder, Advocate Mr. Debapratim Guha, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3219 of 2026 Dr. Pradip Banerjee, Ld. A.P.P. Ms. Priyanka Chandra, Advocate Mr. Soumalya Dutta, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3222 of 2026 Mr. Brajesh Jha, Ld. A.P.P. Mr. Neel Chakraborty, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3224 of 2026 Mr. Gurudas Mitra, Advocate Mr. Utsav Dutta, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3226 of 2026 4 Mr. Gurudas Mitra, Advocate Mr. Utsav Dutta, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3227 of 2026 Mr. Amitabha Karmakar, Advocate Mr. Arup Kr. Bhowmick, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3228 of 2026 Mr. Gurudas Mitra, Advocate Mr. Utsav Dutta, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A) 3230 of 2026 Mr. Gurudas Mitra, Advocate Mr. Utsav Dutta, Advocate …for the State in CRM(A)3239 of 2026 1. Supplementary filed in Court be taken on record. 2. 15 petitions are taken up for analogous hearing as they relate to the same police case. 3. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that, inter se disputes between the members of Eastern India Motion Picture Association results in criminal cases being lodged against each other annually when the elections take place. She submits that, present police case is result of one of such election processes. She draws the attention of the Court to the fact that, inter se disputes amongst members stand settled presently. 4. State is represented. 5. Learned advocate for the State submits that, the disputes between private parties stand settled. 6. In view of the narration events as noted above, I deem it appropriate to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 5 7. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer 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 BNSS and that save and except, petitioner in CRM(A) 3219 of 2026 namely, Jhuma Paul and petitioner in CRM(A) 3222 of 2026 namely, Piya Sengupta will cooperate with the investigation till the conclusion of investigation and other petitioners will meet the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of investigation and on further condition that the petitioners shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default the jurisdictional Court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioners in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. 8. These applications for anticipatory bail are, thus, allowed. 9. CRM(A) 3212 of 2026, CRM(A) 3214 of 2026, CRM(A) 3215 of 2026, CRM(A) 3216 of 2026, CRM(A) 3217 of 2026, CRM(A) 3218 of 2026, CRM(A) 3219 of 2026, 6 CRM(A) 3222 of 2026, CRM(A) 3224 of 2026, CRM(A) 3225 of 2026, CRM(A) 3226 of 2026, CRM(A) 3227 of 2026, CRM(A) 3228 of 2026, CRM(A)3230 of 2026 and CRM(A)3239 of 2026 are disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.07 15:00:10 +05'30'