Debabrata Jana v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
C.R.M.(A) 685 of 2026, decided 07/04/2026 by Jay Sengupta, J.: anticipatory bail ALLOWED to petitioner Debabrata Jana under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in Daspur P.S. case no. 270 of 2025 dated 11/06/2025 under Sections 103(1)/61(2)(a)/3(5) of the BNS (offence of murder following alleged retaliatory mob attack after victim's alleged sexual harassment of two girls on 10/06/2025). Key points: petitioner unnamed in FIR by victim's mother (eye-witness) but charge-sheeted; named in only one case-diary eye-witness statement (page 16); co-accused's statement at page 100; parity relied upon with co-accused granted anticipatory bail on 25/02/2026 in CRM (A) 420 of 2026. Terms: bond Rs.10,000/-, two sureties of like amount each (one local), satisfaction of Arresting Officer, no threat/intimidation of witnesses, surrender before jurisdictional Court within four weeks.
What did the court decide?
Application for anticipatory bail allowed: on arrest, release upon bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local) to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer; petitioner not to threaten or intimidate witnesses; to surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court within four weeks from date and regularly attend it.