AD-5 Ct No.07 Jalpaiguri 08.10.2026 sp CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) 743 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Kotwali (Coochbehar) Police Station Case No. 326 of 2026 dated 21.04.2026 under Sections 137(2)/140(3)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. And In the matter of: Soma Sutradhar @ Soma Sutradhar Biswasharma. …. Petitioner. Mr. Satyajit Paul, Mr. Rounak Ghosh. …for the Petitioner. Mr. Janardan Periwal, Mr. Debanjan Das, Mr. Supritam Nag. ..for the State. Mr. Sandip Guha Roy. ..for the de facto complainant. 1. The application for anticipatory bail is canvassed on the ground that the applicant had estranged relationship with her brother who is a major. The victim girl is stated to have eloped with her brother. The applicant had no role to play whatsoever in the incident. 2. Counsel for the de facto complainant submits that the victim girl is about 13 years old. The applicant in collusion and in connivance with her brother has kidnapped the victim girl. The victim who went to a market on a particular date did not return home thereafter. 3. Counsel for the State submits that they have very strong suspicion that the victim girl may have been kidnapped for trafficking. 2 4. In the light of the above, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, CRM (A) 743 of 2026 shall stand dismissed. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)