17/04/2026 D/L – 15 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed C.R.M.(A) 1093 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Ranaghat P.S case no. 45 of 2026 dated 24/01/2026 under Sections 64(2)(m)/351(3) of the BNS read with Sections 6 and 17 of the POCSO Act. In the matter of: Madhusudan Mondal & Anr. ...Petitioners. Mr. Samrat Paul …for the petitioners. Mr. Dhananjay Banerjee Mr. Archan Dutta …for the victim. Ms. Sreyashee Biswas Mr. Tirthankar Dhali …for the State. 1. Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the parents of the principal accused, who has already been granted bail. The principal accused has long standing relation with the 17 year old girl. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the victim submits that a settlement has been arrived at between the private parties and the boy and the girl would get married, after both of them attain the marriageable age. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He refers to the statements of the victim and the mother recorded before the learned Magistrate and the medical report. 2 5. Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that there was some kind of a relationship between the two over a period of time, the fact that the principal accused was arrested and thereafter granted bail and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. 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 further conditions that the petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioners shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date and regularly attend the jurisdictional Court. 7. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed. 8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)