Amitava Mitra @ Rana and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS 2023; Section 438 CrPC 1973; Sections 108/61(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; Pradhan Nagar Police Station Case No. 491 of 2025; suicide of debtor victim; loans/financial transactions; no proximate nexus between suicide and financial dealings; parity with co-accused; CRM (A) 564 of 2025; bail bond Rs. 5,000 with two sureties; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri; monthly reporting to Investigating Officer until charge sheet; Kausik Chanda, J.; Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all six petitioners (Amitava Mitra @ Rana, Shibu Chettri @ Sibu, Subodh Bhowmik @ Kamal, Ashish Shyam Chowdhury @ Ashis Shyam Chowdhury, Swasti Sekhar Dutta, Gauranga Saha) in the event of arrest, on a bond of Rs. 5,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each (one local surety), to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and monthly reporting to the Investigating Officer until charge-sheet; CRM (A) 578, 587, 590 and 596 of 2025 allowed and disposed of.