Biswanath Chowdhury v. State Of West Bengal

17.06.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.76 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 875 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Raiganj Police Station Case No. 1478 of 2025 dated 14.12.2025 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Biswanath Chowdhury ... Petitioner.

Mr. Jisan Iqubal Hossain ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Gouranga Kumar Das, APP, Mr. Ramashis Mukherjee ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than six months and the subject-matter of the case relates to alleged recovery of 30 bottles of 'Kuf Relief' syrup which is mainly containing codeine phosphate.

Charge-sheet has already been submitted before the jurisdictional court and the prosecution has relied upon 10 witnesses in order to prove its case. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail.

I have taken into account the quantum of seizure as well as the period of detention of the present petitioner. Having considered the same, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Biswanath Chowdhury 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) 875 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.)