Hemant Pandey v. State Of West Bengal

20.12.2021 Sl. No.139 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. 8308 of 2021 [via video conferencing] In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 06.12.2021 in connection with Asansol (South) Police Station Case No. 333 of 2019 dated 20.09.2019 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/22(c) of the NDPS Act. (NDPS Case No.8 of 2019) And In Re: Hemant Pandey ... ... Petitioner Mr. Gopal Chakraborty ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Tapan Deb Nandi Mr. Antarikhya Basu ... ... 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. 22 kgs. 900 gms. of cannabis, which is above commercial quantity from the joint possession of the petitioner and other co-accused persons. 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.

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