07.10.2026 Item No.06 Ct. No. 34 nb CRM(A) 3555 of 2026 In Re.: An application for Anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S. to Section in connection with Serampore Police Station Case No.504 of 2026 dated 2- 09-2026 under Sections 109/115(2)/118(1)/118(2)/126(2)/127(2)/132/190/191( 2)/191(3)/221/324(4)/351(2)/351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. In the matter of: Santosh Kumar Singh & Ors ...… Petitioners. Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra, Ms. Upsana Banerjee, Mr. Bisal Roy, ..… For the Petitioners. Mr. Shatarup Purakayastha, Mr. Shayan Sachin Basu, ..…For the State 1. Heard the submission of both the learned counsels representing the petitioner as well as State. 2. On careful perusal materials on record, it transpires that incident alleged in 2020 and this complaint has been lodged in the year 2026. No specific overt act can be found against this particular petitioner, the other co- accused are already enlarged on bail. 3. On behalf of the prosecution objection has been raised regarding the petitioner no.1 Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh. However, on perusal of the statement recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., one witness and also other materials, this Court do not find custodial interrogation may be necessary. Accordingly, this Court inclined to allow the prayer of anticipatory bail of all the petitioners. 4. Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of arresting officer and also subject to the condition as laid down in sub-section (2) of section 482 of BNSS. In addition to the above, the petitioner will follow the conditions which are as follows:- a) The petitioners shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence, in any manner whatsoever and shall not commit any cognizable offence in any manner whatsoever. b) The petitioners shall appear before the Officer-in- Charge of the local police station once in a week, until further orders. c) The petitioners shall not leave the jurisdiction of the concern Police station without the leave of the Investigating officer. In the event, the petitioners failed to comply with any of the condition stipulated above, order of 2 anticipatory bail shall be treated as cancelled in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. 6. The application for Anticipatory Bail is, thus, allowed. 7. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 8. Criminal Section is directed to supply certified copies of this order to the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all necessary formalities. (CHAITALI CHATTERJEE (DAS), J.) 3