09.10.2026 Item No.13 Court No.7 (pk) (Allowed) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CRM (A) 750 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under section 482 of the B.N.S.S. 2023, in connection with Mathabhanga Police Station Case No.182 of 2026 dated 11.03.2026 under Sections 137(2)/140(3)/49 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 6 of POCSO Act. And In the matter of: Sushanta Biswas @ Sukanta Biswas ….Petitioner. Mr. Rounak Ghosh …for the Petitioner. Ms. Panchali Deb Sikder (Nag) Mr. Reshab Kumar, Mr. Arko Sarkar … for the State. 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on record. 2. The application for anticipatory bail is canvassed on the ground that the co-accused mother has been enlarged on bail. 3. Learned counsel for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He has placed the case diary and the statement recorded under Section 164 of the Cr. P. C. 4. It is stated that the applicant has been specifically named as having restrained the victim at the house of Sudip Biswas. 5. Counsel for the applicant submits that both the son, who is also minor and the victim girl were in a romantic relationship and the victim stayed in the house. 6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to anticipatory bail. 2 1. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner/applicant shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.15,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the ACJM, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar and subject to the conditions that he shall attend the I.O. as and when summoned and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station without the prior leave of the O.C. The further condition is that the petitioner shall surrender his passport, if any and provide his present address and phone number to the concerned I.O. 2. In the event the conditions are violated, the bail will stand automatically cancelled. 3. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 750 of 2026 is allowed and disposed of. 4. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)