Dipa Kumari Singh @ Sanju Vs State of West Bengal — Anticipatory Bail | Calcutta HC (2026)

Dipa Kumari Singh @ Sanju Vs State of West Bengal — Anticipatory Bail | Calcutta HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Anticipatory bail in the event of arrest upon a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one of whom must be local), subject to the conditions under Section 438 CrPC corresponding to Section 482 BNSS, a further condition not to threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence, and surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court with a prayer for bail within four weeks from the date of the order.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner, named in Khardah PS Case No.94 of 2025 under Sections 108, 3(5), 351(2) of BNS, 2023, arising from the alleged abetment of the victim boy's suicide.

Court's answer

Whether the alleged conduct amounts to abetment of suicide is a question that will be for the courts to finally decide; this Court does not adjudicate that merits question at the anticipatory bail stage.

Ratio / Principle

Considering the prosecution case, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that the charge sheet has already been submitted, the Court grants anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail (S. 438 CrPC / S. 482 BNSS 2023) granted to Dipa Kumari Singh @ Sanju, accused in Khardah PS Case No.94 of 2025 (dt. 24.02.2025) under Sections 108, 3(5), 351(2) of BNS, 2023, concerning the suicide of an alleged victim boy after his relationship with the petitioner did not fructify. The Court observed that whether there is any element of abetment of suicide will be for the courts to finally decide; noting the other case-diary materials and that the charge sheet had already been submitted, it directed that in the event of arrest the petitioner be released on a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local), subject to the S. 438/S. 482 conditions, an undertaking not to threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence, and surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks. Application disposed of. (Jay Sengupta, J.)

30.01.2026 Sl. No.29 Ct. 28 NB

C.R.M (A) 4312 of 2025

In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with the Khardah PS Case No.94 of 2025 dated 24.02.2025 under Sections 108, 3(5), 351(2) of BNS, 2023.

And

In the matter of: Dipa Kumari Singh @ Sanju … petitioner

Mr. Subhadeep Chatterjee, Ms. Arpita Kundu, Mr. Neelabha Roy. …for the petitioner.

Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Mr. Ratul Ghosh. …for the State.

Heard the learned counsels for the parties.

Perused the case diary.

The prosecution case is that a relationship between the alleged victim and the petitioner did not fructify. This allegedly resulted in the victim boy committing suicide.

It will be for the Courts to finally decide whether there is

any element of abetment of suicide in this case.

However, considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary and the fact that charge sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioner.

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Accordingly, 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 Arresting Officer and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and on further condition that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from this date.

The application for anticipatory bail is, thus, disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)