08.10.2026 Item No.50 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3371 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Madhabdihi Police Station Case No. 175 of 2026 dated 11.07.2026 under Sections 329(4)/ 115(2)/ 117(2)/ 324(4)/ 109(1)/308(5)/351(3)/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purba Bardhaman. And In the matter of : Ajit Kundu ...… petitioner Mr. Sabyasachi Howlader, Advocate .…for the petitioner Ms. Soma Mishra Chatterjee, Advocate Mr. Gautam Banerjee, Advocate .…for the State 1. Memo of Evidence filed in Court be kept with the record. 2. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail. 3. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. Petitioner stands accused of extorting a sum of Rs.50,000/-. 5. The incident of alleged extortion is of 2024. Petitioner claims that, with the change of the Government in the State, the petitioner was falsely implicated due to political affiliation of the petitioner. 2 6. Issue of false implication exists. There is delay in lodgement of F.I.R also. 7. In such circumstances, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. 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 shall 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 in Court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. 9. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 10. CRM(A) 3371 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.08 18:29:15 +05'30'