Raj Ansari v. State Of West Bengal

05.06.2023.

18.

Ct.No.28.

as (Allowed) C.R.M. (NDPS) 1046 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with NDPS Case No.67 of 2022 arising out of Alipore P. S. Case No.100 of 2022 dated 14.09.2022 under Sections 21(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the NDPS Act.

In the matter of : Raj Ansari.

.... Petitioner.

Mr. Hamidur Rahaman, Mr. Nurnobi Seikh.

...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Sanjoy Bardhan, Mrs. Baishakhi Chatterjee.

...for the State.

Petitioner is in custody for 256 days. No narcotics was recovered from his possession. He prays for bail. Learned Advocate for the State opposes the bail prayer. We have considered the materials on record. No narcotics was recovered from the petitioner.

Under such circumstances, we are of the opinion that the petitioner has been able to rebut the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the N. D. P. S. Act and may be granted bail.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Raj Ansari shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under the N. D. P. S. Act -cum- learned 4th Additional District Judge, Alipore, South 24-Paraganas subject to condition that he shall

appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the Trial Court without any justifiable cause, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

This application for bail is, thus, disposed of. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)