Sk Sirajul And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

19.01.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.34 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 33 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Contai Police Station Case No. 475 of 2024 dated 23.07.2024 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Sk Sirajul and another ... Petitioners.

Mr. Manojit Debnath, Ms. Aatreye Mukherjee ... For the Petitioners.

Mr. Partha Pratim Das, Mr. Rahul Ganguly ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in custody for more than 1 year 6 months and there has been alleged recovery of 20 kgs. of ganja from the possession of the present petitioners. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail as earlier a co-ordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court was pleased to reject the prayer for bail of petitioner no.1 in CRM (NDPS) 441 of 2025. I have taken into account the period of detention of the present petitioners as also the quantum which has been seized. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioners, in spite of objection raised by the State, I am inclined to release the petitioners on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioners is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioners viz., 1. Sk Sirajul and 2. Tapas Maity shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- each, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Special Court under the NDPS Act-cum-Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur.

If on bail, the petitioners shall be physically present on each and every date so fixed by the learned Special Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Purba Medinipur without prior permission of the learned Special Court.

The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 33 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)