Sirajul Sk @Sekh v. State Of West Bengal

18.05.2022 Serial no. 55 [Dd] (Bail allowed) CRM (NDPS) 476 of 2022 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Raninagar Police Station Case No. 353 of 2021 dated 29.08.2021 under Sections 21(C)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (corresponding to NDPS case no. 155 of 2021) -AndIn the matter of : Sirajul Sk @ Sekh ... ... Petitioner Mr. Soumyojit Das Mahapatra, Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir, Ms. Rabia Khatoon, Ms. Riya Das, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. Saryati Datta, Advocate ... ...For the State Considering the fact that police filed charge sheet and considering the fact that no recovery was made from the possession of the petitioner and considering the fact that the police are proceeding against the petitioner on the basis of the statement of the co-accused made while in custody, we are of the view that the petitioner is able to overcome the restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985.

Consequently, 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,

Berhampore, Murshidabad 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) 476 of 2022 is disposed of.

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