Sankar Karmakar v. State Of West Bengal

28.04.2022 Serial no. 45 [Dd] (Bail allowed) CRM (NDPS) 430 of 2022 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jagacha Police Station Case No. 178 of 2020 dated 10.09.2020 under Sections 21(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 being T.R. Case No. 43 of 2020.

-AndIn the matter of : Sankar Karmakar ... ... Petitioner Mr. Asis Bhattacharyya, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Ranadeb Sengupta, Advocate ... ...For the State Petitioner prays for bail on the ground of parity with that of the other co-accused enlarged on bail by this Hon'ble Court in CRM (NDPS) 106 of 2022 on April 13, 2022.

The Claim of the parity is not disputed on behalf of the State.

Consequently on the ground of parity, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act, 3rd Court, Howrah subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate

witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event, the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without any justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (NDPS) 430 of 2022 is disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)