Pintu Ghosh And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

03.05.2023 Sl. No.3 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. (NDPS) 569 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 23.03.2023 in connection with Lalgola Police Station Case No.692 of 2021 dated 13.09.2021 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act. (NDPS Case No.195 of 2021) And In Re: Pintu Ghosh & Ors.

... ... Petitioners Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Jisan Iqubal Hossain Ms. Dhanasree Biswas Ms. Poulami Bose Ms. Chandrima Debnath ... ... for the petitioners Mr. Saibal Bapuli .. ld. Addl. Public Prosecutor Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya ... ... for the State Chemical examiner's report is placed on record. Report shows presence of codeine phosphate in the sample.

In view of the aforesaid report and other materials on record showing recovery of narcotic substance i.e. 20 ltrs. of codeine mixture, which is above commercial quantity from the petitioners and co-accused and the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. The application for bail is thus rejected.

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