09.10.2026 Item No.15 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3408 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Hingalganj Police Station Case No. 234 of 2025 dated 26.09.2025 under Sections 14A(b), 14C of the Foreigners Act, 1946, pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Basirhat, North 24 Parganas. And In the matter of : Provash Mondal ...… petitioner Mr. Simanta Kabir, Advocate Mr. Avik Pramanick, Advocate .…for the petitioner Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharyya, Advocate Mr. Rajesh Kumar Shah, Advocate .…for the State 1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail. 2. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 3. It is alleged as against the petitioner that, he is a foreign national. 4. Petitioner produces the death certificate of his father. 5. Father of the petitioner was cremated in Kolkata on October 17, 2012 after dying on such date. 6. Prima facie, it appears that, the petitioner is able to establish Indian citizenship by decent. 2 7. Police filed charge-sheet. 8. In such circumstances, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 9. 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 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. 10. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 11. CRM(A) 3408 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.09 18:43:09 +05'30' 3