Siddhartha Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal
Anticipatory bail – Section 482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail rejected under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in CRM (A) 3375 of 2025 (decision dated 16.12.2025, Jay Sengupta, J.), arising from Survey Park P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025 dated 03.07.2025 under Sections 338/336(3)/340(2)/318(4)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; petitioner is the husband of the principal accused who was granted anticipatory bail by the Sessions Court; State relied on case diary, hotel communications, witness statements and alleged fake documents; de facto complainant alleged unpaid bookings and dishonoured cheques; single-Judge Bench found it not a fit case for anticipatory bail.
What did the court decide?
Considering the rival submissions and the other incriminating materials available in the case diary, this is not a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner.