Raja @ Chattu Paul v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

08.12.2021 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. 5949 of 2021 sl no. 64 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Balurghat P.S Case no. 335 of 2019 dated 12.6.2019 under sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/25/27A/28/29 of the NDPS Act And Allowed In Re : Raja @ Chattu Paul ........ petitioner Ms. J Rudra Ms. Samli Dey ...... for the petitioner Mr. Binay Panda Mr. S N Mahapatra ......

for the State Having considered materials on record and bearing in mind the nature of allegations and the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime in the light of the submission that no narcotic substance was recovered from his possession and as his complicity in the alleged offence has transpired from the statement of co-accused before a police officer which is inadmissible in evidence, we are of the opinion that petitioner has been able to rebut the statutory restrictions under section 37 of the NDPS Act. Under such circumstances and in view of the period of detention suffered by the petitioner i.e. 331 days and as investigation is complete, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner 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 NDPS Act, Dakshin Dinajpur on

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

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this court. The application being CRM 5949 of 2021 is disposed of. (Bivas Pattanayak, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)