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Susanta Malo v. State of West Bengal

Calcutta HC17 Feb 2026CRM (A)/356/2026

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What is this about?

C.R.M.(A) 356 of 2026; anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS, 2023; Burdwan P.S. Case No. 423 of 2025 dated 17/4/2025; sections 420/464/465/466/467/468/471/34 IPC; fraud; forged documents; inherited property; custodial interrogation not required; bail bond Rs.10,000/-; two sureties one local; meet I.O. fortnightly; Jay Sengupta, J.; decided 17/02/2026; application allowed.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted; in the event of arrest, the petitioner to be released on bail on a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local), to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to conditions of cooperation with investigation, non-intimidation of witnesses, and fortnightly meetings with the I.O. till submission of the final report. ¶10

Susanta Malo Vs State of West Bengal — Cheating and Forgery | Calcutta HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Burdwan P.S. Case No. 423 of 2025.

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Court's answer

Considering the materials available in the case diary and the alleged role ascribed to the petitioner, custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required and the court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail.

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Ratio / Principle

In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses.

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Key takeaways

As an additional condition of bail, the petitioner shall meet the I.O once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.ratio¶9

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail — application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Burdwan P.S. Case No. 423 of 2025 dated 17/4/2025 under sections 420/464/465/466/467/468/471/34 IPC. Petitioner's stated role was limited to having inherited property allegedly obtained by fraud by his father using forged documents. Held, on the case diary materials and the alleged role ascribed to the petitioner, that custodial interrogation was not required; anticipatory bail allowed. Release directed, in the event of arrest, on a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local) to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, conditioned on cooperation with the investigation, non-threatening/non-intimidation of witnesses, and meeting the I.O. once a fortnight till submission of the final report. (Jay Sengupta, J.)

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17/02/2026 D/L – 46 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed

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C.R.M.(A) 356 of 2026

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In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Burdwan P.S case no. 423 of 2025 dated 17/4/2025 under sections 420/464/465/466/467/468/471/34 of the IPC.

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	In the matter of: Susanta Malo
		...Petitioner.
	Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta
	Mr. Sougata Mitra
	Ms. Sofia Nesar
	Mr. Santanu Sett
	Mr. Nikhil Gupta
	Ms. Soma Chakraborty
	Mr. Subhadeep Maitra	…for the petitioner.
	Mr. Partha Pratim Das
	Mr. Mainak Gupta	…for the State.
1.	Learned counsel appearing for the	petitioner submits that
	the only allegation against the	petitioner is that the
	petitioner inherited the property	which was allegedly
	obtained by fraud by the petitio	ner’s father by using
	forged documents.

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Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

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Considering the above and the other materials available in the case diary and the alleged role ascribed to the present petitioner, I do not think that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required in this case and I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

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In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each 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 further conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioner shall meet the

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I.O once a fortnight till submission of report in final form.

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Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

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(Jay Sengupta, J.)

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