08.10.2026 Serial no. 269 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (A) 3670 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Kotwali PS Case No. 528 dated 21.08.2026 u/s 316(2)/318(4)/351(2)/3(5) of the BNS. -And- In the matter of : Sarbajit Choudhury @ Sarbajit Chowdhury … Petitioner(s) Mr. Kallol Kumar Basu Mr. Anindya Sundar Das Mr. Supriyo Das Mr. Jannat ul Firdaus Mr. Rajsekhar Hota Ms. Paramita Mondal Ms. Shabnam Yeasmin … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Subrata Mukherjee Mr. Ajay Ray Ms. Shalu Gupta … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been foisted with the present criminal case for alleged recovery. The case diary reflects the transaction in cash. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, I find that the charges for prescribed punishments are below seven years. 2 Having considered the nature of the case, I am of the opinion that custodial detention of the present petitioner is unwarranted. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner [Sarbajit Choudhury @ Sarbajit Chowdhury] be released on anticipatory bail subject to the satisfaction of the arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioner shall meet with the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of ten days from date and, thereafter, on all subsequent dates as would be fixed by the Investigating Officer of the case for the sake of investigation till the report in final form is submitted before the learned jurisdictional court. Accordingly, CRM (A) 3670 of 2026 is disposed of. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3