Prosenjit Pal and Anr. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
C.R.M. (A) 359 of 2025, decided 17.03.2025 - anticipatory bail of Prosenjit Pal and Avijit Pal rejected; grounds: non-recovery of stolen gold (only 25 gms recovered out of 897 gms entrusted) and criminal antecedents of similar nature. Underlying case: Dankuni P.S. Case No. 316 of 2024 (Sections 420/406 IPC). Statutes: Section 438 CrPC 1973, Section 482 BNSS 2023. Counsel: Saryati Datta, Sanjib Kr. Das, Chitrak Biswas for petitioners; Amita Gaur, Puspita Saha for the State. Coram: Debangsu Basak and Smita Das De, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail was refused because the stolen goods were yet to be recovered and the petitioners have criminal antecedents. ¶15