09.10.2026 Item No.24 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3434 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Suri Police Station Case No. 342 of 2026 dated 13.06.2026 under Sections 318(2)/ 318(3)/ 318(4)/ 297(3)/ 297(5)/336(3)/348(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 2023, read with Section 7(3) of Lotteries Registration Act and Sections 3/ 4 of West Bengal Gambling and Prize Competition Act, pending before the Court of Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Suri, Birbhum. And In the matter of : Subham Chatterjee ...… petitioner Mr. Kunal Ganguly, Advocate .…for the petitioner Mr. Kallol Mondal, Ld. P.P. Mr. Anamitra Banerjee, Advocate Ms. Shalu Gupta, Advocate .…for the State 1. Leave granted to the learned advocate for the petitioner to correct errors in the petition. 2. Memo of Evidence filed in Court be kept with the record. 3. Petitioner prays for anticipatory bail. 4. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 5. Petitioner stands accused in a case of forgery. 6. Petitioner is being proceeded on the basis of a statement of co-accused. 2 7. Materials in the case diary do not suggest requirement of custodial interrogation. 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 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. 10. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 11. CRM(A) 3434 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.09 18:44:12 +05'30' 3