Asif Ikbal Mondal v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Anticipatory Bail – Section 482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS 2023; Section 69 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; New Chapra P.S. Case No. 670 of 2025; charge sheet submitted; acquaintance of one and a half years; subsequent threats to de facto complainant; restriction on movement; stay outside Chapra P.S. jurisdiction for six months; bond Rs.10,000/- with two sureties; Section 438(2) CrPC 1973; Jay Sengupta, J.; CRM (A) 1934 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 allowed; on arrest, petitioner to be released on a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties (one local), subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions, appearance before the jurisdictional Court within four weeks, no threatening or intimidating of witnesses, and staying outside Chapra P.S. jurisdiction for six months except to meet the I.O. or attend court.