ITEM NO.15 COURT NO.12 SECTION II-B S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 8244/2022 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-07-2022 in CRM(A) No. 344/2022 passed by the High Court of Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri)
DHIREN BARMAN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL Respondent(s)
Date : 12-01-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR
For Petitioner(s) Ms. Rohini Wagh, Adv.
Mr. Aalekh Wagh, Adv.
Subhra Saha, Adv.
Mr. Pradip Saha, Adv.
Ms. Mansa Singh, Adv.
Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR
For Respondent(s) Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv.
Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv.
Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv.
Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
This Court while directing notice to the respondent on 19.09.2022 had granted interim protection against arrest of the petitioner. Though the learned counsel for the respondent would 1
SLP (Crl.) No. 8244/2022 oppose the grant of anticipatory bail, it is not in dispute that pursuant to the interim protection granted by this Court, the petitioner had participated in the investigation and the charge sheet has been filed.
If that be the position, at this stage , we see no reason for any custodial interrogation. Hence, the interim protection dated 19.09.2022 is made absolute. The anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner shall enure to the benefit of the petitioner till the conclusion of the trial subject to compliance of the requirements under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.
The special leave petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Pending application (s) shall also stand disposed of.
(RAJNI MUKHI) (DIPTI KHURANA)
COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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