Saiful Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

06.08.2025 Sl. No.55 NB C.R.M. (A) 2456 of 2025 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Patiram PS Case No.132/2024 dated 21.05.2024 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In the matter of: Saiful Mondal ... petitioner Mr. Kaushik Choudhury.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Rana Mukherjee ld.APP., Ms. Baishakhi Chatterjee.

...for the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that other than the statement of a co-accused, there is hardly any material available against the petitioner in this case. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State strongly opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He points to the relevant portion of the case diary and submits that the petitioner was named in the FIR. At the time of apprehending the co-accused, the petitioner fled away. There are call detail records showing that the petitioner was in touch with the other accused. Considering the incriminating materials available in the case diary and the restrictions contained in Section 37 of the NDPS Act, I do not consider this to be a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

The application for anticipatory bail being C.R.M. (A) 2456 of 2025 is, thus, rejected.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)