Bappa Molla @ Santu Das v. State Of West Bengal

20.12.2021 Sl. No.127 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. 8272 of 2021 [via video conferencing] In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 02.12.2021 in connection with Barasat Police Station Case No. 396 of 2019 dated 27.07.2019 under Section 21(c) of the NDPS Act.

And In Re: Bappa Molla @ Santu Das ... ... Petitioner Mrs. Sonali Das ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Tanmoy Kumar Ghosh Mr. Arindam Sen ... ... for the State We have considered the materials on record. Statements of witnesses including contemporaneous document i.e. seizure memo disclose recovery of narcotic substance i.e. 5.5 ltrs. of codeine mixture, which is above commercial quantity from the possession of the petitioner.

Under such circumstances and in view of the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

The application for bail is thus rejected.

Trial court is however, directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date.

(Bivas Pattanayak, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)