Patul Das v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed under Section 482 BNSS 2023 to lady petitioner Patul Das in C.R.M.(A) 121 of 2026 concerning Balurghat P.S case no. 812 of 2025 dated 7/12/2025 under Section 108 BNS; prosecution alleges petitioner had affair with victim and pressed him for money driving him to suicide; Court found custodial interrogation unnecessary on case-diary materials; bail conditioned on Rs.10,000/- bond, two like-amount sureties (one local), satisfaction of Arresting Officer, cooperation with investigation and non-intimidation of witnesses; question of abetment of suicide left for trial courts; order dated 02/02/2026 by Jay Sengupta, J.; counsel Kaushik Chowdhury for petitioner, Binoy Kr. Panda and S. S. Saha for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest, the petitioner to be released on bail upon a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local) to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to cooperating with the investigation and not threatening or intimidating witnesses.