Authority: Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bongaon, North 24 Parganas (Judge Tirthankar Ghosh)
Order Date: 20 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petition: Arindam Biswas, former Relationship Manager of Axis Bank, sought bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
- Case reference: CRM (M) 1052 of 2026, also linked to Bagdah Police Station case no. 1057 of 2024 dated 08.11.2024.
- Charges: Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(2), 341(2), 339, 61(2), 338, 317(4), 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging opening of 41 bank accounts without verification and related offences.
- Custody: Petitioner had been in custody for one year and nine months; 12 of 52 witnesses examined.
- State's position: Opposed bail, highlighting alleged misconduct as Relationship Manager; however, state records indicated no proceeds of crime transferred to petitioner’s account.
Final Outcome
- Bail granted; petitioner to furnish a cash bond of Rs 20,000 and two sureties of Rs 10,000 each, one surety to be local as per satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate.
- Conditions: Petitioner must appear before the learned Trial Court on every date and may not leave North 24 Parganas district without prior permission of the Trial Court.
- The State’s report to be kept with the record; parties to act per the server copy of the order; urgent certified copy to be supplied upon compliance with formalities.
Topics: Criminal Bail, Banking Misconduct