Pran Kumar Mondal @ Pranu @ Pannu v. State Of West Bengal

12.12.2022 sdas Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) No. 1460 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Raninagar Police Station Case No. 114 of 2022 dated 23.03.2022 under Sections 21(c )/29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

And In Re : Pran Kumar Mondal @ Pranu @ Pannu ....... petitioner Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra Mr. Tapodip Gupta .....for the petitioner Mr. Avishek Sinha .....for the State Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits he is in custody for about a month. Investigation is complete. Petitioner prays for bail.

Learned Counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits petitioner is involved in trafficking of narcotics. He has been implicated in similar cases. Under such circumstances, we are of the opinion petitioner has been able to rebut the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act and he may be granted bail. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- 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, Murshidabad at Berhampore, subject to conditions that he shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until

further orders and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without any justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)