Based Ali v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, C.R.M.(A) 939 of 2025, decided 19.03.2025: anticipatory bail application under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 / Section 438 CrPC, 1973 by Based Ali in Raiganj Police Station Case No. 1310 of 2024 dated 29.12.2024 (Sections 25(i)(a)/27, Arms Act, 1959) rejected; grounds - recovery of illegal arms from petitioner's house, criminal antecedents, gravity of offence and involvement per Case Diary; bench: Debangsu Basak, J. and Smita Das De, J.; counsel: Jeenia Rudra for petitioner, Sanjoy Bardhan and Debolina Das for the State.
What did the court decide?
Considering the gravity of the offence and the petitioner's involvement as transpiring from the materials in the Case Diary, along with the recovery of illegal arms from the petitioner's house and his criminal antecedents, the Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail and rejected the application.