09.04.2026 Sl. No.65 Ct. 28 NB C.R.M (A) 787 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Khanakul PS Case No.607/2023 dated 30.08.2023 under Sections 143/323/325/448/427/363/365/354(B)/435/436/504/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 25/26 of the Arms Act, 1959. And In the matter of: Sandip Pradhan & Ors. … petitioners Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh, Ms. Labani Sikder, Mr. Souvik Dey. …for the petitioners. Mr. Saibal Bapuli ld.APP., Mr. Dipankar Paramanick. …for the State. Heard the learned counsels for the parties. Perused the case diary. The prosecution case is that 29 named persons and several unnamed ones had abducted the Panchayat Pradhan and assaulted him. However, the injury was not grievous in nature. It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner that out of 130 accused, 75 were granted anticipatory bail by this Court earlier. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that several other substantially similarly circumstanced co-accused were granted anticipatory bail by this Court earlier and the fact that charge sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioners. 2 Accordingly, 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 Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and on further condition that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. 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.)