Kartick Das v. State Of West Bengal

CRM 4191 of 2021 (Via Video Conference) 22.09.2021 Court No.28 Item No.20 (REJECTED) In Re:- An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 398 of 2018 dated 27.05.2018 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act;

And Saswata In the matter of : Kartick Das

...Petitioner.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury ...For the Petitioner Mr. Sanjay Bardhan ... For the State The petitioner has filed the instant application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Uttarpara Police Station Case No. 398 of 2018 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act.

The petitioner has been apprehended in connection with the aforesaid case having possessed the commercial quantity of contraband. The charge sheet has already been submitted and, in fact, the charges have also been framed.

In course of the hearing, it transpires that not a single witness has been examined as of date.

Since we do not find any ground to take exception to Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the prayer for bail is rejected. However, we request the Learned Special Judge under the NDPS Court to take up the matter on the next date so fixed and endeavor shall be shown to record the evidence of all the charge sheeted witnesses. Co-operation from the defence as well as the prosecution is assured by the counsels for the parties before us. The Learned Special Judge is further requested to dispose of the proceeding as expeditiously as possible.

The application for bail being CRM 4191 of 2021 is accordingly dismissed.

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