12.03.2026 Court No.28 Item No. 18 tbsr Allowed CRM (A) 588 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Santipur P.S. Case No.547 of 2020 dated 21.11.2020 under Sections 272/273/34 of the IPC and Sections 46/46A of the Bengal Excise Act. And In the matter of: Titun Halder ….Petitioner. Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee Mr. Manas Das Ms. Barnali Gupta …for the petitioner. Mr. Sanjay Banerjee Mr. Debarshi Brahma ….for the State. Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he submits that the material available against the petitioner is a statements of a police personnel stating that he had heard a co-accused take the petitioner’s name as one of the accused. However, there is no statement of such co-accused implicating the petitioner. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2 In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- 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 condition that the petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks from this date and pray for bail and shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. The personal appearance of the Investigating Officer is noted and is dispensed with. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)