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2026 DAILYLAW 47565 (CAL)

PRAFULLYA SARKAR AND ORS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

/3367/2026 · 2026-10-07

Debangsu Basak

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07.10.2026 Item No.127 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3367 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Harirampur Police Station Case No. 300 of 2026 dated 27.07.2026 under Sections 85/80/3(5) of the BNS, 2023, pending before the Court of Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Buniadpur, Dakshin Dinajpur. And In the matter of : Prafullya Sarkar & Ors. ...… petitioners Mr. Vijay Verma, Advocate Mr. Subrata Saha, Advocate .…for the petitioners Mr. Debojyoti Deb, Advocate Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate .…for the State Mr. Partha Sarathi Das, Advocate …for the de facto complainant 1. Memo of Evidence filed in Court be kept with the record. 2. In-laws of the victim are before Court seeking anticipatory bail. 3. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. Two in-laws were granted anticipatory bail by this Court today. 5. Husband of the victim was arrested and enlarged on bail by the jurisdictional Court. 2 6. Materials in the case diary do not suggest requirement of custodial interrogation of the petitioners. 7. In such circumstances, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. 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 on condition that petitioner no.1, namely, Prafullya Sarkar and petitioner no.2, namely, Pankaj Sarkar will meet the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of investigation and petitioner no.3, namely, Papiya Sarkar and petitioner no.4, namely, Krishna Mondal @ Krishna sarkar will cooperate with the investigation 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. 3 9. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 10. CRM(A) 3367 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.08 10:33:39 +05'30'