Calcutta High CourtCRM (NDPS)/815/2025allowed

Babu Chatterjee @ Dipendra Narayan Chatterjee v. State Of West Bengal

2025-10-14Hon'Ble Justice Apurba Sinha Ray2 pages

14.10.2025 Serial no. 47 [Dd] (Bail allowed) CRM (NDPS)/815/2025 In re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Sankrail Police Station Case No. 477 of 2024 dated 02.07.2024 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985.

-AndIn the matter of : BABU CHATTERJEE @ DIPENDRA NARAYAN CHATTERJEE ... ... Petitioner Mr. Sk. Toslim Ali, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioner Mr. S. Balial, Advocate ... ...For the State

1. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the objection of the learned counsel for the State, I find that the petitioner is entitled to bail on the grounds inter alia first that he is in custody for more than about 16 months and there is no chance of early conclusion of trial since there are 25 witnesses.

2. Accordingly the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed on certain conditions.

3. Accordingly, I direct that the petitioner, namely BABU CHATTERJEE @ DIPENDRA NARAYAN CHATTERJEE shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah and on further conditions that the petitioner shall remain within the jurisdictional Police Station and shall

report to the Officer-in-Charge of jurisdictional Police Station once in a week until further orders.

4. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence and/or commit any cognizable offence in any manner whatsoever.

5. In the event, the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stipulated above without justifiable cause, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the petitioner's bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

6. The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed.

7. All parties shall act in terms of the server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.)