Entajul Mollah @ Indu v. State Of West Bengal

24-08-2021 (ct. no.32) KOLE CRM 4426 of 2021 In re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Haroa Police Station Case No. 08 of 2020 dated 06.01.2020 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act.

- A n d - In the matter of : Entajul Mollah @ Indu .... Petitioner.

Mr. A. Chakraborty, ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Mainak Gupta ... For the State.

Commercial quantity of codeine mixture was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. In view of the statutory restriction in Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, we are not inclined to entertain the petitioner's prayer for bail.

The petitioner says that he is in custody for about 1 year 8 months. In view of such long detention, we request the learned Trial Court to expedite the consideration of charges and generally bring the trial to its logical conclusion as soon as the business of the Court may permit.

Accordingly, the application for bail being CRM 4426 of 2021 is dismissed.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of this Court. ( Suvra Ghosh, J. ) ( Arijit Banerjee, J. )