Bachchan Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

20.03.2023 Sl. No.7 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. (NDPS) 372 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 23.02.2023 in connection with Sagardighi Police Station Case No.101 of 2019 dated 09.03.2019 under Sections 20(c)/29 of the NDPS Act. (NDPS Case No.57 of 2019) And In Re: Bachchan Mondal ... ... Petitioner Ms. Chandrima Debnath ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy .. ld. Addl. Public Prosecutor Mr. Subrata Roy ... ... for the State It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for more than four years. It is further submitted there is inordinate delay in trial.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the prayer for bail.

No report has been filed.

We have considered the materials on record. Five out of eight witnesses have been examined till date. There are materials implicating the petitioner in the crime. Under such circumstances and in view of the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

The application for bail is thus rejected.

Trial court is directed to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)