Anwar Ali v. State Of West Bengal

29.06.2022 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (NDPS) 713 of 2022 sl no. 23 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar PS case no. 1174 of 2020 dated 6.12.2020 under section 22(c)/29 of the NDPS Act And In Re : Anwar Ali ...... petitioner Kazi M Rahman ...... for the petitioner Mr. S Bapuli Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya ...... for the State Statements of witnesses including contemporaneous documents i.e seizure list show recovery of narcotic substance above commercial quantity (450 gms of brown sugar) from the joint possession of the petitioner and co-accused. In view of the aforesaid incriminating materials and statutory restrictions under section 37 of the NDPS Act we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

Trial court is directed to conclude the trial at an early date preferably within one year from the next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties.

(Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)