Bapi Das v. State Of West Bengal

17.12.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.M/L. 620 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 1278 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Belur GRPS Case No. 14 of 2025 dated 17.07.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Bapi Das ... Petitioner.

Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty, Mr. S. S. Saha ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Prasun Kumar Dutta Mr. Parvej Anam ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been detained in custody for alleged recovery of 12 kgs. of ganja and is in custody for more than five months; investigation of the case has already been concluded. As such, petitioner may be released on bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail.

Having considered the seizures so made is of intermediate quantity, I am of the view that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Bapi Das shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be

local, to the satisfaction of the learned Special Court under the NDPS Act, Howrah.

If on bail, the petitioner 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 Howrah without prior permission of the learned Special Court. The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 1278 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.)