Azahar Sk @ Azarul Sk @ Ayarul Sekh v. State of West Bengal
Anticipatory bail – S.438 CrPC / S.482 BNSS
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (A) 580 of 2026, order dated 09.03.2026 by Jay Sengupta, J.: anticipatory bail under S.438 CrPC/S.482 BNSS sought by Azahar Sk. @ Azarul Sk. @ Ayarul Sekh in Raghunathganj PS Case No.449/2025 (BNS 2023 ss.191(2)(3)/190/326/221/132/121(1)(2)/326(f)/304(2)/109/110; s.4 PDPP Act; s.8B National Highway Act) rejected; petitioner named in FIR; alleged assault on police and vandalism of houses giving them shelter; backdrop of agitation against the CAA urged by petitioner; earlier anticipatory bail grants to co-accused (Manirul Sekh in CRM (A) 3505 of 2025 dated 16.10.2025; Kamrul Hasan dated 23.12.2025, not named in FIR) did not confer parity; State represented by Partha Pratim Das and Prakash Mishra.
What did the court decide?
Considering the other incriminating materials in the case diary, the fact that the petitioner was named in the FIR, and the alleged role ascribed to him, the Court found this not a fit case for anticipatory bail and rejected the application.