05.02.2026 Court No.28 Item No.80 ssi CRM (A) 233 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita in connection with Bhagawanpur Police Station Case No.429 of 2025 dated 12.10.2025 under Sections 85/80/108/3(5) of the BNS 2023 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. And In the matter of: Dhananjay Manna & another. …. Petitioners. Mr. Tapan Dutta Gupta Mr. Parvej Anam Ms. Rituparna Ghosh Mr. Sourav Sardar …for the petitioners Mr. S. S. Imam Ms. Sonali Bhar ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the father in law and the sister in law of the alleged victim. The husband being the principal accused was arrested and thereafter granted bail. Charge sheet has been submitted. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the statements of the witnesses including the neighbours on the injury report. The incident happened within a year of marriage. From the statements of the neighbours, it appears that the petitioners were seen taking the alleged victim in a Toto towards the hospital for treatment. Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that the principal accused being the husband 2 was arrested and was thereafter granted bail, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. 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, one of whom must be local, 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, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioners shall surrender before the jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly. The petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)