Pada Haldar @ Podo Haldar v. State Of West Bengal

28.01.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.31 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 157 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with NSCBI Airport Police Station Case No. 76 of 2025 dated 14.10.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re :

Pada Haldar alias Podo Haldar ... Petitioner.

Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty, Mr. S. S. Saha ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya, Ms. Sana Naaz ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject-matter of recovery in this case is 9 kgs. of ganja. However, no recovery was effected from the present petitioner and the present petitioner has been implicated on the basis of statement of co-accused.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there are eight criminal cases pending against the present petitioner. However, learned advocate for the State submits that so far as the present case is concerned, the petitioner has been arrested on the basis of statement of co-accused. I have taken into account the records of the case and I find that there was one case in the year 2022 which is under Section 21(c) of the NDPS Act, but the petitioner has been

granted bail. Other cases are mostly under the Indian Penal Code and particularly under Sections 399/402 of the Indian Penal Code. Having considered the fact that the detention of the present petitioner is based on statement of co-accused, I am of the view that further detention of the petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Pada Haldar alias Podo Haldar shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under the NDPS Act, Barrackpore. If on bail, the petitioner 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 North 24-Parganas without prior permission of the learned Special Court.

The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 157 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.)