Rahim Mondal And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

09.11.2021 saswata/pk ct 28 C.R.M. 7140 of 2021 sl no. 52 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 26.10.2021 in connection with Gopalnagar P.S. case no. 552 of 2020 dated 11.10.2020 under sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act And In Re : Rahim Mondal & Anr.

........ petitioners Mr. Ashok Kumar Chowdhury ...... for the petitioners Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Pratick Bose ...... for the State The petitioners pray for bail.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Having considered the statements of the witnesses as well as the seizure memo disclosing involvement of the petitioners in the alleged possession of 5 litres of codeine mixture, which is above commercial quantity and in the light of the statutory restrictions under section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. However, trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date preferably within 1 year without granting adjournment to either of the parties. (Aniruddha Roy, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)