Sobrati Sekh v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; S.482 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; S.482(2) conditions; S.135(1)(a) Electricity Act 2003; Paikar Police Station Case No. 02 of 2020 dated 03.01.2020; petitioner Sobrati Sekh; unmetered consumption; final assessment bill; 50% deposit Rs.1,98,043/-; bond Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties; regular bail within four weeks; advocates Samrat Banerjee (petitioner), Sujata Das and Purnima Ghosh (State), Aniket Mitra (WBSEDCL); C. R. M. (A) 555 of 2025; allowed/disposed 03.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
Conditional anticipatory bail to Sobrati Sekh: release upon arrest on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; petitioner directed to appear before the jurisdictional court and pray for regular bail within four weeks from date.