Prem Kumar Mandal And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

10-08-2021 (ct. no.32) KOLE Disposed of (Via Video Conference) CRM 3665 of 2021 In re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No.

of dated 10.08.2020 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act. - A n d - In the matter of : Prem Kumar Mandal & Anr.

.... Petitioners.

Mr. M. Gomes, Mr. K. Das Saha ... For the Petitioners.

Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Ld. APP, Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Mr. S. Kumar Das ... For the State.

Admittedly, the commercial quantity of contraband substance (400 grams of brown sugar) was recovered from the joint possession of the petitioners. Hence, in view of the statutory restriction in Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the petitioners' prayer for bail cannot be allowed.

In all fairness, the petitioners are only praying for a direction for expeditious conclusion of the trial. We are told that charge sheet has been submitted. We request the learned Trial Court to expedite the trial and bring the same to its logical conclusion as soon as the business of the Court may permit.

Accordingly, CRM No. 3665 of 2021 is disposed of. ( Suvra Ghosh, J. ) ( Arijit Banerjee, J. )