Narayan Pal @ Paul v. State Of West Bengal
14.11.2025 Sl. No.03 NB CRM (NDPS) 1234 of 2025 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure corresponding to Section 483 of the of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with New Barrackpore PS Case No.247/2025 dated 27.08.2025 under Sections 20/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985 now numbered as N24/2025. And In the matter of: Narayan Pal @ Paul ...petitioner Mr. Debasis Kar, Ms. Paramita Mukherjee.
...for the petitioner.
Ms. Manisha Sharma, Mr. Subhajit Chowdhury.
...for the State.
Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is 65 years old. A below commercial quantity of contraband was allegedly seized from the present petitioner under suspicious circumstances. The petitioner is now in custody for about 75 days. Charge sheet has already been submitted. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for bail. He relies on the statements of witnesses and the seizure list. There is no criminal antecedent so far as the present petitioner is concerned.
Considering the materials available in the case diary including the seizure list and the statements of witnesses, the fact that charge sheet has already been submitted and that the petitioner is in custody for 75 days in respect of the instant case which involves alleged
seizure of contraband of less than commercial quantity, I am inclined to allow the application for bail of the petitioner. Accordingly, I direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000(Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act, Barrackpore, subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear before the learned jurisdictional Court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever and the petitioner shall regularly attend the jurisdictional Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of North 24-Parganas without leave of the jurisdictional Court.
In the event the petitioner fails to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it shall be open to the jurisdictional Court to cancel the bail without further reference to this Court. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Parties to act on the server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of this Court.
(Jay Sengupta, J.)