Pintu Mahata @ Mahato v. State Of West Bengal

04.09.2020 AM rejected C.R.M. 6285 of 2020 (via video conferencing) with CRAN 1 of 2020 (Old No. CRAN 4805 of 2020) In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Balurghat Police Station Case No. 97 of 2020 dated 29.02.2020 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/25/27(A)/28/29 of the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act (Special Case no.12 of 2020). And In Re : Pintu Mahata @ Mahato .... petitioner Mr. Kaushik Chaudhury, Adv.

....for the petitioner Ms. Sukanya Bhattacharya, Adv.

Md. Kutubuddin, Adv ...... for the State Petitioner undertakes to affirm and stamp the petition/application as per Rules within one month of resumption of normal functioning of the court. Subject to such undertaking, the application is taken up for hearing through video conferencing.

Accordingly, application being CRAN 1 of 2020 (Old No. CRAN 4805 of 2020) is disposed of.

Having considered the materials on record disclosing prima facie involvement of the petitioner in the alleged possession of 225 bottles of Phensedyl Syrup containing codeine mixture which is above commercial quantity and in view of

statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the of the N.D.P.S. Act, we are of the opinion that this is not a fit case to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)