Suman Rajbanshi And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

CRM 4014 of 2021 23.08.2021 court no.

: 28 Item no.

: PB-18 matter : 439 status : REJECTED transcriber : nandy In Re:- An application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 09.06.2021 in connection with Amdanga Police Station Case No. 128 of 2018 dated 16.03.2018 under Sections 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act. (N. Case No. 56 of 2018) and In the matter of: Suman Rajbanshi & Anr.

......Petitioners Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty, Advocate ......for the Petitioners Mr. Saibal Bapuli, Advocate Mr. Soumik Ganguly, Advocate ......for the State The petitioner has filed the instant application for bail in connection with Amdanga Police Station Case No. 128 of 2018 dated 16.03.2018 under Sections 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act.

The petitioner has been apprehended in connection with the instant case upon a recovery of commercial quantity of contraband from the joint possession of the petitioner and other accused persons. It appears from the record that the case has matured considerably as one of the witnesses out of nine charge-sheeted witnesses, has been examined. The next date is fixed on September 20, 2021.

Since, commercial quantity of contraband was recovered from the joint possession of the petitioner and in view of the rigor of section 37 of the NDPS Act, the prayer for bail is rejected. The application being CRM 4014 of 2021 is accordingly dismissed.

However, we request the concerned NDPS Court to take up the matter on the next date so fixed i.e. September 20, 2021 and the prosecution is directed to produce the charge-sheeted witnesses as and when the schedule for recording evidence is fixed after the said date which shall not exceed four months from that date.

It goes without saying that the Counsel for defence shall not ask for any adjournment or accommodation except in unforeseeable circumstances.

(Harish Tandon, J.) (Bibek Chaudhuri, J.)