Rakesh Agarwal and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail ALLOWED under S.482 BNSS; CRM (A) 546 of 2025; Calcutta HC Jalpaiguri Circuit; Kausik Chanda, J.; 20.08.2025; Siliguri P.S. Case No.451/2025 dt. 09.07.2025; G.R. Case No.3688/2025; BNN S.190/191(2)/191(3)/132/221/121(1)/121(2)/115(2)/117(2)/351(2); incident 09.07.2025 Bagrakote, Siliguri; five others already apprehended; S.161 CrPC statements relied by State but S.164 statement attributes no specific role; custodial interrogation not warranted; bond Rs. 5,000/- each, two sureties, ACJM Siliguri; S.438(2) CrPC / S.482(2) BNSS conditions; fortnightly reporting to IO; cancellation liberty on default; petitioners Rakesh Agarwal, Prasanta Sarkar, Krishna Saha @ Krishna Shah @ Krishna Sha, Kishan Agarwal @ Kishan Lal Agarwal.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to Rakesh Agarwal, Prasanta Sarkar, Krishna Saha @ Krishna Shah @ Krishna Sha and Kishan Agarwal @ Kishan Lal Agarwal; on arrest, release on a bond of Rs. 5,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri; subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS, appearance before the jurisdictional court on each date fixed, and reporting to the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight until further orders; on default in appearance, the jurisdictional court may secure presence including cancellation of the anticipatory bail without further reference to this Court. CRM (A) 546 of 2025 disposed of.