Morjina Khatun v. State Of West Bengal

24.06.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.78 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 957 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Lalgola Police Station Case No. 708 of 2025 dated 08.08.2025 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Morjina Khatun ... Petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Mr. Avik Ghosh ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, Mr. Bikash Kumar Singh ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than ten months. There was initial recovery of 325 grams of Heroin and thereafter another 50 grams was recovered. Charge-sheet has been submitted and the prosecution has relied upon 28 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 chemical examiner's report, period of detention of the present petitioner and the number of witnesses proposed by the prosecution in support of its case. Having considered the same and relying upon the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sentu Seikh Vs. State of West Bengal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.

13987/2025, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Morjina Khatun 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, 2nd Court, Berhampore, Murshidabad. 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 Murshidabad without prior permission of the learned Special Court.

The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 957 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of.

Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, learned APP along with Mr. Bikash Kumar Singh, learned advocate is directed to appear for the State. Their appointment may be regularised by the concerned authorities.

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.)