Aju Sk v. State of West Bengal
Anticipatory bail – S.482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM(A) 856 of 2026, decided April 17, 2026, Jay Sengupta, J.: anticipatory bail under S.482 BNSS 2023 allowed for petitioner Aju Sk. in Raghunathganj P.S. Case No.450 of 2025 (offences under ss.191(2)/191(3)/190/326/221/132/121(1)/121(2)/109 BNS 2023; demonstrations over Waqf Bill); charge-sheet submitted; release on bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties of like amount (one local); conditions include surrender within four weeks, regular court attendance, no witness intimidation; counsel: Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, G.N. Imrohi, P.P. Sinha (petitioner); Jarin Khan, Sima Biswas (State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner: upon arrest, release on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one local), subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions, surrender before the jurisdictional court within four weeks, regular attendance before the jurisdictional court, and no threatening or intimidation of witnesses.