Dismissed¶13
Prasenjit Barick v. the State of West Bengal
Calcutta HCCRM (A)/2468/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
C.R.M. (A) 2468 of 2025; decision date 07.08.2025; Jay Sengupta, J. Anticipatory bail (Section 438 CrPC / Section 482 BNSS 2023) rejected for petitioner Prasenjit Barick in Barrackpore PS Case No.18/2025 dated 23.01.2025 under Sections 419/420/467/406/34 IPC. Alleged impersonation of government officials to obtain Rupees Twenty Nine Lakhs from the de facto complainant for licences. WhatsApp chat and other statements in the case diary cited as incriminating materials; investigation ongoing. Petitioner's counsel: Rajib Kumar Kundu, Sulagna Sen; State's counsel: Saryati Datta, Debarik Das.
What did the court decide?
On perusing the case diary, the Court took into account incriminating materials therein, including the WhatsApp chat and other statements. ¶12