06.10.2026 DL-45 Court No.37 [Bench ID-265691] (AD) (Allowed) In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M. (A) 3200 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Manikchak Police Station Case No.95 of 2026 dated 17.02.2026 under Sections 108/351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Malda in GR Case No.3121/2026. And In the matter of: Asha Mandal & Anr. ….petitioners Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmick, Advocate …for the petitioners Mr. Priyankar Ganguly, Advocate Ms. Shalini Bairagi, Advocate … for the State Mr. Md. Wasim Akram, Advocate Ms. Sabrina Parveen, Advocate … for the de facto complainant 1. Memo of evidence filed in Court be taken on record. 2. Petitioners seek anticipatory bail. 3. Post mortem report of the victim suggests that the victim committed suicide. 4. Police filed charge sheet. 5. Apparently, there was a relationship between the victim and the person committing suicide. 6. As to the nature and extent of the alleged abetment to commit suicide may be decided at the trial. 7. Materials in the case diary do not suggest requirement of custodial interrogation of the petitioners. 8. Court is informed that there are two criminal cases as against the petitioners. Those criminal cases are not of 2 such gravity as to deny the prayer for anticipatory bail so far as petitioners are concerned in this matter. 9. Consequently, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 10. 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 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and on 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. 11. The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. 12. C.R.M. (A) 3200 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) ABHIJIT DAS Digitally signed by ABHIJIT DAS Date: 2026.10.06 17:53:49 +05'30'