Sadhan @ Dhulo Majhi v. State Of West Bengal
05.03.2026 Court No.35.
D/L.42 Rakib (Allowed) CRM (NDPS) 340 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Ketugram Police Station case no. 68 of 2022 dated 19.02.2022 under Sections 15(c)/29 of the of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
And In the matter of : Sadhan @ Dhulo Majhi.
......Petitioner.
Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay Ms. Bidisha Chakraborty Ms. Sadia Parveen ......for the Petitioner.
Mr. Iqbal Kabir Mr. Asif Dewan ......for the State.
Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for two years 10 months. The evidence of PW1 is in progress and is incomplete till date. The subject matter of the case relates to poppy cultivation in land from where poppy plants were seized weighing 164.2 kgs.
Learned advocate for the State has produced the Case Diary. The Case Diary do not reflect any Title Deed of the property or any authorization for which the petitioner was cultivating. There is a notice under Section 91 of the Cr.P.C. issued by the Investigating Officer to the BL&LRO which has been shown by the learned advocate for the State.
Be that as it may, having considered that the petitioner is in custody for two years 10 months, I am of the view that there is no
possibility of the trial concluding in near future. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.
Accordingly, petitioner namely, Sadhan @ Dhulo Majhi shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, 3rd Special Court, Purba Bardhaman. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned trial Court in seisin of the case and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of Purba Bardhaman without the prior permission of the learned Special Court. Additionally, petitioner shall not enter within the jurisdiction of Ketugram Police Station and the petitioner before his release shall inform his address where he would be staying to the learned Special Court and shall also meet with the Officer-in-Charge of the local police station once in a fortnight where he would be residing till the same is modified by the learned Special Court. Thus, the prayer for bail in CRM (NDPS) 340 of 2026 is allowed.
Report submitted by the State be kept with the record. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)