Raju Ruidas And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

11.12.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No. M/L.562 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 1204 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Pandua Police Station Case No. 182 of 2025 dated 10.03.2025 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Raju Ruidas and another ... Petitioners.

Mr. Tapas Kumar Ghosh, Mr. Tanmay Chowdhury ... For the Petitioners.

Mr. Avishek Sinha, Ms. Debadrita Mondal ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were in custody for 182 days when the prayer was advanced for default bail after a copy was served upon the learned public prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. Immediately after such a copy was served, learned public prosecutor advanced an application for extension of period of time which was subsequently granted on the same date by the learned Special Court. Petitioners were arrested on 10.03.2025.

Considering that the statutory period for submission of charge-sheet was over and the extension application was filed by the State thereafter and in between the petitioners preferred an application for release on bail as the chargesheet was not submitted within the statutory period, I am of

the view that the petitioners are entitled to be released on default bail.

Accordingly, the petitioners viz., 1. Raju Ruidas and 2. Manora Bibi shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- each, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Judge, Special Court, Hooghly.

If on bail, the petitioners shall be physically present on each and every date so fixed by the learned Special Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Hooghly without prior permission of the learned Special Court. Petitioners also shall make themselves available as and when called for by the Investigating Officer of the case. The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 1204 of 2025, is, thus, disposed of.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)