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Rinki Khatun and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

Calcutta HC12 Mar 2026CRM (A)/662/2026

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Anticipatory bail granted to all petitioners in the event of arrest, upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each (one local surety), to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to conditions of non-intimidation of witnesses and surrender before the jurisdictional Court within four weeks with regular attendance. ¶10

Rinki Khatun and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal — Dowry and Cruelty | Calcutta HC (2026)

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Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners (the sister-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law of the alleged victim) under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Nabagram P.S. Case No. 650 of 2025.

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Court's answer

Considering the submissions, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that the husband was arrested and thereafter granted bail, and the fact that the charge sheet has been submitted, the Court was inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

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Ratio / Principle

In the event of arrest, the petitioners were to 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 conditions that they shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses, shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date, and shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

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Anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 granted to the sister-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law of the alleged victim in connection with Nabagram P.S. Case No. 650 of 2025 dated 9/11/2025 under Sections 80/108/3(5) of the BNS with Section 85 of the BNS added. The grant rested on the materials in the case diary, the husband (co-accused) having been arrested and thereafter granted bail, and the charge sheet having been submitted. Bail conditioned on a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each (one local), to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, abstention from threatening or intimidating witnesses, and surrender before the jurisdictional Court within four weeks with regular attendance.

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12/03/2026 D/L – 51 Court No.28 S. Kundu Allowed

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C.R.M.(A) 662 of 2026

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In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with Nabagram P.S case no. 650 of 2025 dated 9/11/2025 under sections 80/108/3(5) of the BNS and adding Section 85 of the BNS.

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In the matter of: Rinki Khatun & Ors.

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...Petitioners. Mr. Tapodip Gupta Mr. Suman Bhanja …for the petitioners. Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharyya Mr. Santanu Deb Roy …for the State. 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the sister-in-law, the motherin-law and the father-in-law of the alleged victim. The husband was arrested and was thereafter granted bail. The incident happened two years after marriage. Charge sheet has been submitted.

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Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. She refers to the postmortem report and the statements of witnesses including of neighbours.

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Considering the above, the other materials available in the case diary, the fact that husband was arrested and was thereafter granted bail and the fact that charge sheet has been submitted, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

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In the event of arrest, the petitioners 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 petitioners shall not threaten or intimidate the witnesses. The petitioners shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date and regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

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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.)

Rinki Khatun and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

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