Uttam Mahato @ Ranjit Mahato v. State Of West Bengal

20.04.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.58 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 702 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Raiganj Police Station Case No. 1523 of 2025 dated 24.12.2025 under Sections 21(c)/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Uttam Mahato @ Ranjit Mahato ... Petitioner.

Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, Mr. Dwaipayan Panda ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Santanu Deb Roy ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject-matter of the case relates to alleged recovery of 35 bottles of Phensedyl and the petitioner is in custody for more than three months; charge-sheet has already been submitted by the investigating agency.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail.

I have taken into account the quantum of seizure and the prosecution intends to examine 11 witnesses in support of its case. Considering the same, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Uttam Mahato @ Ranjit Mahato 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, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur.

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 Uttar Dinajpur without prior permission of the learned Special Court.

The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 702 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.)