LIST OF DATES AND EVENTS in anticipatory bail application

 

DISTRICT : PASCHIM BARDHAMAN

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION

 

C.R.M. (A) No.                  OF 2025;

 

                                                          In the matter of ;

                                                          Avijit Adhikari, & Anr.,

______Petitioners

-      Versus –

The State of West Bengal

______Opposite Party

 

LIST OF DATES AND EVENTS

 

Date	Particulars / Events
July 2023	The complainant, Shri Bibek Ranjan Kesh, and his parents approached the petitioners offering friendly financial assistance to support the petitioners’ new coaching institute established at Kolkata.
16.10.2023	A sum of ₹5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs) was handed over in cash to the petitioners by the complainant at Hotel Morvee, Benachity, Durgapur.
18.10.2023	₹9,50,000/- (Rupees Nine Lakhs Fifty Thousand) was transferred from the bank account of Shri Joynarayan M. Kesh (complainant’s father) to the account of petitioner no. 2, Mrs. Barna Chakraborty Adhikari.
22.01.2024	₹3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs) was transferred from the complainant’s account to the petitioners’ account. Thus, a total sum of ₹25,00,000/- was received as a friendly advance, without interest or any enforceable agreement of loan.
March–September 2024	The petitioners’ coaching institute suffered heavy financial loss due to competition and closure of classes.
Mid–2025	The complainant’s family began coercing the petitioners to transfer ownership of their immovable property at Joka, Kolkata (valued at over ₹80 lakhs) in their favour, in lieu of the said friendly assistance, and unlawfully retained the petitioners’ original deed of conveyance, passports, and undated cheques given as “security.”
23.10.2025	Petitioner no. 1, Avijit Adhikari, lodged a detailed criminal complaint before the Officer-in-Charge, Thakurpukur Police Station, narrating offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust, extortion, criminal intimidation, and conspiracy committed by Joynarayan Kesh, Trishna Kesh, and Bibek Ranjan Kesh.
30.10.2025	A further complaint seeking preventive action and police protection was lodged before Thakurpukur P.S. under Section 163 of BNSS, 2023, reporting telephonic threats issued by Bibek Ranjan Kesh to forcibly dispossess the petitioners from their residence.
02.11.2025	As a retaliatory counterblast, the complainant Bibek Ranjan Kesh lodged FIR No. 456 of 2025 with Durgapur Police Station, Paschim Bardhaman, under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 316(2), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, falsely alleging that the petitioners cheated him of ₹28,00,000/-.
03.11.2025	On learning of the registration of the FIR, the petitioners apprehended imminent arrest and approached this Hon’ble Court seeking anticipatory bail to protect their liberty and reputation.