09.10.2026 Item No.76 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3490 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Kolaghat Police Station Case No. 102 of 2026 dated 13.02.2026 under Sections 317(2)/317(4)/303(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, pending before the Court of Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purba Medinipur at Tamluk. And In the matter of : Sahil Tarafdar & Anr. ...… petitioners Mr. Malay Bhattacharyya, Advocate Mr. Subhrajyoti Ghosh, Advocate .…for the petitioners Mr. Somopriyo Chowdhury, Advocate Mr. Deepak Khetwat, Advocate .…for the State 1. Petitioners seek anticipatory bail. 2. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 3. Police filed charge-sheet. 4. Petitioners stand implicated in a case relating to illegal sand mining. 5. Apparently, there are no criminal antecedents as against the petitioners. 6. In such circumstances, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 2 7. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest the petitioners shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- 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 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. 8. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 9. CRM(A) 3490 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.09 18:38:55 +05'30'