20.07.2026 Serial no. 937 [G.S.D] CRM (A) 1798 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Narayanpur PS Case No. 174 of 2026 dated 31.05.2026 u/s 316(2)/318(4)/351(2)/61(2) of the BNS, GR Case No. 3824 of 2026. -And- In the matter of : Chandrasekhar Jha &Anr. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Sourav Chatterjee, Sr Adv. Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta Mr. Sourav Kr. Mukherjee Mr. Kauyshik Choudhury Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Ms. Sofia Nesar Mr. Aditya Kumar Mr. Santanu Sett … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Somnath Bera … for the State-respondent(s) Learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the case against the present petitioners relate to charges which are below seven years. Learned advocate emphasizes that the petitioners are ready and willing to cooperate with the defacto-complainant. However, so far as the criminal act is concerned, the merits of the case do not warrant continuation of such proceeding. 2 Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the petitioners are in the habit of depriving the flat purchasers. To that effect, learned advocate has drawn the attention of the court to the statement of another witness – a co-flat purchaser in the same building.

I have taken into account the nature of the accusations and, although, I restrain myself from commenting as to whether any case has been made out or not, I am of the view that no case has been made out for custodial detention of the present petitioners. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners [Chandrasekhar Jha & Ramesh Jana] be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioners shall meet with the investigating officer of 3 the case once in every ten days till the Report in Final Form/ charge-sheet is submitted before the learned jurisdictional court. Accordingly, CRM (A) 1798 of 2026 is disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)

20.07.2026 Serial no. 937 [G.S.D] CRM (A) 1798 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023/under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. in connection with Narayanpur PS Case No. 174 of 2026 dated 31.05.2026 u/s 316(2)/318(4)/351(2)/61(2) of the BNS, GR Case No. 3824 of 2026. -And- In the matter of : Chandrasekhar Jha &Anr. … Petitioner(s) Mr. Sourav Chatterjee, Sr Adv. Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta Mr. Sourav Kr. Mukherjee Mr. Kauyshik Choudhury Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Ms. Sofia Nesar Mr. Aditya Kumar Mr. Santanu Sett … for the petitioner(s) Mr. Somnath Bera … for the State-respondent(s) Learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the case against the present petitioners relate to charges which are below seven years. Learned advocate emphasizes that the petitioners are ready and willing to cooperate with the defacto-complainant. However, so far as the criminal act is concerned, the merits of the case do not warrant continuation of such proceeding. 2 Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the petitioners are in the habit of depriving the flat purchasers. To that effect, learned advocate has drawn the attention of the court to the statement of another witness – a co-flat purchaser in the same building.

I have taken into account the nature of the accusations and, although, I restrain myself from commenting as to whether any case has been made out or not, I am of the view that no case has been made out for custodial detention of the present petitioners. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is Allowed. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioners [Chandrasekhar Jha & Ramesh Jana] be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioners shall meet with the investigating officer of 3 the case once in every ten days till the Report in Final Form/ charge-sheet is submitted before the learned jurisdictional court. Accordingly, CRM (A) 1798 of 2026 is disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)