Sribas Halder v. State Of West Bengal

06.06.2024 Item No.7 Court No.8 Vacation Bench CHC/S. De Rejected CRM (NDPS) 889 of 2024 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Englishbazar Police Station Case No. 765 of 2021 dated 06.07.2021 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

-AndIn the matter of : Sribas Halder ... ... Petitioner Ms. Susmita Saha Datta, Mr. Joy Chakraborty, Mr. Sandip Dinda, Mr. Ranjit Malakar ... ... For the Petitioner Mrs. Anasuya Sinha, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Ashok Das ... ...For the State In view of the alleged involvement of the petitioner in a conspiracy to transport 201.48 Kgs of Ganja, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage particularly when the evidence before the trial Court has already commenced and the next dates for evidence have been fixed on 4th of July, 2024 and 5th of July, 2024. The petitioner is in custody for about 2 years and 9 months. The judgment reported at 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1109 as relied upon by the petitioner is not applicable since Signed By :

CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY High Court of Calcutta 6 th of June 2024 06:05:59 PM

the bail was granted after three and half years of arrest by the Supreme Court in the aforesaid case.

The prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected. CRM(NDPS) 889 of 2024 is disposed of.

(Kausik Chanda, J.) (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.)