Satyajit Roy and Anr. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS; Section 482(2) BNSS; Section 438(2) CrPC; Section 161 CrPC; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 126(2)/115(2)/118(2)/109(1)/74/351(2)/3(5); Dinhata Police Station Case No.625 of 2024 dated 09.12.2024; G.R. Case No.670 of 2024; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dinhata; custodial interrogation not necessary at this stage; charge sheet already filed; lady petitioner aged about 45 years; nature of injury to victim; bond Rs. 5,000/- with two sureties of like amount; appearance on every date fixed; cancellation on default without reference to High Court; Satyajit Roy; Lakshmi Roy; Anand Paul; Kallol Acharjee; Tapan Bhattacharjee; Kausik Chanda J.; Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction; Appellate Side; Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri; 11.08.2025.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to petitioner no. 2 (Lakshmi Roy) only: on arrest, release on bail upon a bond of Rs. 5,000/- with two sureties of like amount, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and appearance before the jurisdictional court on every date fixed for appearance of the accused; on default the jurisdictional court may secure presence, including cancelling the bail, without further reference to this Court. The prayer for petitioner no. 1 (Satyajit Roy) was not pressed.