10.04.2026 Sl. No.66 Ct. 28 NB C.R.M (A) 830 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 Raniganj PS Case No.04/2026 dated 04.01.2026 under Sections 85/80/115(2)/351(2)/61(2) of the BNS, 2023. And In the matter of: Pratima Badyakar & Anr. … petitioners Mr. Indrajit Chatterjee. …for the petitioners. Mr. Saibal Bapuli ld.APP., Ms. Sana Naaz. …for the State. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioners are the sisters in law of the alleged victim. The husband, the father in law and the grandmother in law of the victim have all been arrested and are in custody. The marriage took place five years ago. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the postmortem report, the statements of witnesses including neighbours and the statement of the mother of the victim recorded before the learned Magistrate. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that some other principal co-accused were arrested and are in custody and that the petitioners are female members of the household, I do not think that custodial 2 interrogation of the petitioners is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 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 cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. 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.)