Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed Calcutta HC 11.07.2024 CRM(A) 2327/2024 parity with Wakil Ahmed @ Wakil Ansari CRM 7243/2020 (grant of 01.10.2020); Bhadreswar Police Station Case 121/2020; G.R. Case 405/2020; 94 named accused; IPC 147 148 149 186 188 332 333 153A 427 436 325 326 307; West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act 1972 S.9; Indian Explosive Act 1884 S.9(b)(ii); Explosive Substance Act 1908 S.3/4; S.438(2) CrPC conditions; bond Rs.10,000 each two sureties one local; weekly IO meeting; Bhadreswar PS jurisdiction restriction; ACJM Chandannagore Hooghly; automatic cancellation clause; vague and omnibus allegations; no specific overt act; petitioners Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh, Bihari Choudhury @ Bihari, Murari Choudhary @ Murari, Shailesh Kumar Ram @ Satish @ Gora; bench Soumen Sen J and Sugato Majumdar J.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail granted to all four named petitioners in the event of arrest, on a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each (one local), subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions plus weekly meetings with the Investigating Officer till final report, restriction to Bhadreswar Police Station jurisdiction without IO's leave, and appearance before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandannagore within two weeks; automatic cancellation of bail upon breach of any condition.