10.04.2026 Court No.28 Item No.43 ssi CRM (A) 734 of 2026 In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in connection with Marishda Police Station Case No.15 dated 17.01.2026 under Sections 103 (1)/3(5)/80(2)/85 BNS and under Section 3 /4 D. P. Act. And In the matter of: Lakshmi Das @ Laxmi Das & others. …. Petitioners Mr. Biswajit Manna Ms. Sharmistha Das …for the petitioners Mr. Bitasok Banerjee Mr. Kaustav Banerjee ..for the State Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the parents in law, two brothers in law, their wives and the married sister in law of the victim. The victim allegedly consumed pesticides on 17.08.2025 and died soon thereafter. However, the father of the victim lodged the FIR only on 17.01.2026. The principal accused, being the husband, is presently in custody. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He relies on the statements of witnesses including those of neighbours and the post-mortem report. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that the husband of the alleged victim was arrested and is in custody, 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. 2 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 co-operate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner nos. 2, 3 and 5 shall meet the I. O. once a week till submission of report in final form. The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be supplied to the parties, if applied for, as early as possible. (Jay Sengupta, J.)