Pritam Chowdhury@Raj v. the State of West Bengal
Anticipatory bail – Section 482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail / pre-arrest bail rejected under Section 482 BNSS 2023 in NJP Police Station Case No.157 of 2026 (dated 07.03.2026) registered under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 115(2) and 108 of BNS; petitioner Pritam Chowdhury @ Raj argued FIR did not disclose abetment to commit suicide; Court perused complaint and complaint of deceased's sister before Chief Judicial Magistrate and held early stage of investigation unsuitable for pre-arrest bail; application dismissed by Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri (Shampa Sarkar, J.), 24.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
After perusing the contents of the complaint and the complaint of the sister of the deceased before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, the Court held that this is not a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail at such an early stage of investigation. ¶13