Abdul Ajij Chowdhury @ Chowdhury Abdul Ajij @… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Calcutta HC (2026)

Abdul Ajij Chowdhury @ Chowdhury Abdul Ajij @… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Calcutta HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest, release on a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two local-conditioned sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to S.438(2) CrPC 1973 / S.482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions, surrender before the jurisdictional Court within four weeks, regular court attendance, and an undertaking not to threaten or intimidate witnesses.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS should be granted to the petitioner, an employee at the office of the Muslim Marriage Registrar alleged (per the victim's father's statement) to have been present as the 'Kazi' when the husband forcibly administered poison to the victim.

Court's answer

Considering the case-diary materials, the alleged role attributed to the petitioner, the custody of the principal accused (the victim's husband) and the submission of the charge sheet, the court was inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Ratio / Principle

In the event of arrest, the petitioner is to be released on bail on a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local), to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC 1973 / Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions, with further conditions that he surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks, attend the jurisdictional Court regularly, and not threaten or intimidate the witnesses.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail — Section 482 BNSS 2023 — applicant arraigned in Katwa Police Station Case No. 511 of 2025 (Ss.103(1)/109(1)/118(2)/123/3(5)/80(2)/85 BNS 2023) arising from the poisoning death of the victim; petitioner, an employee at the office of the Muslim Marriage Registrar, alleged per the father's Magisterial statement to have been present as the 'Kazi' when the husband (principal accused, in custody) forcibly administered poison — court granted anticipatory bail considering the case diary, the petitioner's alleged role, the principal accused's custody and the filing of the charge sheet — release in the event of arrest on a Rs.10,000/- bond with two sureties of like amount (one local), subject to S.438(2) CrPC/S.482(2) BNSS conditions, surrender within four weeks, regular attendance and non-intimidation of witnesses; application disposed of (Jay Sengupta, J.).

21.05.2026 Court No.28 Item No.19 ssi

CRM (A) 1195 of 2026

In Re: - An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in connection with Katwa Police Station Case No. 511 of 2025 dated 29.06.2025 under Sections 103 (1)/109(1)/118(2)/123/3(5)/80(2)/85 of the BNS 2023.

And

In the matter of: Abdul Ajij Chowdhury @ Chowdhury Abdul Ajij @ Kazi Chowdhury Abdul Aziz.

…. Petitioner …for the petitioner

Mr. Avik Ghatak Mr. Saibal Krishna Dasgupta

Mr. Somnath Adhikary

..Amicus

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner has been falsely and needlessly implicated in this matter. He is not even a ‘Kazi’. He is only an employee at the office of the Muslim Marriage Registrar. The principal accused, being the husband of the alleged victim, is in custody.

Learned Amicus assisting the State relies on the case diary and opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that as per the statement of the father of the victim recorded before a learned Magistrate, after her daughter consumed poison, she was taken back home after treatment. Her health deteriorated thereafter. She was again hospitalized, where she passed away. According to the father, the victim had confided in him that the victim’s husband had forcibly administered poison to her and that the husband’s father and the ‘Kazi’ were also present there.

Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the alleged role attributed to the present petitioner and the fact

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that the principal accused, being the husband of the victim, is in custody and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on further conditions that the petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date and shall attend the jurisdictional Court regularly. The petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be supplied to the parties, if applied for, as early as possible.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)