Manirul Islam v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail rejected — Manirul Islam; CRM (A) 856 of 2024; Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench Jalpaiguri; decided 27.11.2024 by Shampa Sarkar and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, JJ.; Rajganj Police Station Case No. 289 of 2024 dated 11.08.2024; land ownership dispute scuffle; victim fell into drain and hurt head; murder vs culpable homicide not amounting to murder argued by defence; charge-sheet submitted per petitioner's counsel; de facto complainant alleged absconding accused threatening and pressurizing for settlement; State opposed citing case diary; witness statements under Section 183 and Section 180 B.N.S.S. 2023; postmortem report; wrong signal to society; custodial interrogation may be required; supplementary charge-sheet possible; S.438 CrPC 1973; S.482 BNSS 2023; Sections 115(2)/74/103/(1)/3(5).
What did the court decide?
Granting the benefit of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner at this stage would send a wrong signal to society.