21.04.2026 Item no.11. Court No.5. Suman (Allowed) In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction CRM (A) 209of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Dinhata Police Station Case No.85/2022 dated 20.02.2022 under Sections 447/427/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 25 (1-A)/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 and read with Section 3 /4 of the Explosive Substance Act, 1908. And In the matter of :Pradip Barman ……Petitioner. Mr. Hillol Saha Podder ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Ujjwal Luksom Mr. Aniruddha Biswas ……for the State. Mr. Podder, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner, submits that the charge-sheet has been submitted. The other co-accused persons have been released on bail, and even some of the accused persons have been extended the benefit under Section 482 of the BNSS, corresponding to Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He submits that custodial interrogation of the present petitioner is not required. Mr. Biswas, learned advocate appearing for the State along with Mr. Luksom, learned advocate, produced the case diary and opposed the prayer made by the petitioner on the basis of the materials available therein. 2 Heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties. Undisputedly, charge-sheet being No. 100 of 2024 has been submitted. Records reveal that the other accused persons are on bail. Even some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail. In view of the above, I am of the view that custodial interrogation of the present petitioner will not serve any purpose. Accordingly, the application being is CRM (A) 209 of 2026 allowed. Accordingly, it is directed that, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 5,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Dinhata, and subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.)