06.10.2026 Item No.51 Court No.37 CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3207 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Lake Police Station Case No. 110 of 2026 dated 01.06.2026 under Section 308(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, South 24 Parganas. And In the matter of : Shatrughan Mahato @ Satrughan Mahato @ Kaltu ...… petitioner Ms. Sreeparna Das, Advocate Mr. Amit Halder, Advocate Mr. Sanjib Mondal, Advocate Mr. Rahul Mukherjee, Advocate Mr. Abhik Ghatak, Advocate Mr. Ayan Chatterjee, Advocate Ms. Riya Dasgupta, Advocate .…for the petitioner Mr. Satadru Lahiri, Advocate Mr. Jyotirmoy Talukder, Advocate …for the o.p. no.2 1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail. 2. Allegation against the petitioner is that, between period 2015 to 2023, petitioner allegedly extorted a sum of Rs.60 Lakh in five phase-wise installments. 3. None appears for the State. 4. Learned Legal Remembrancer will inform the Court as to why State is not being represented. 2 5. Private opposite party is represented. 6. In response to a query of the Court, learned advocate appearing for the private opposite party submits that, the payments were made in cash. 7. The period concerned is from 2015 to 2023. Payments allegedly were made in cash. Receipt of this money is denied by the petitioner. 8. At the highest, there may be civil disputes between the parties. 9. In such circumstances, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 10. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), 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 on condition that petitioner will meet the Investigating Officer once in a month till the conclusion of investigation and on further condition that the petitioner 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 petitioner 3 in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. 11. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 12. CRM(A) 3207 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.07 10:42:06 +05'30'