Mijanur Islam v. The State Of West Bengal

75.

02.01.2025 Court No.29 (Tanmoy) Rejected

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRM (NDPS) 1869 of 2024 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arising out of Jalangi Police Station Case No. 364/2022 dated 22.11.2022.

And In the matter of: - Mijanur Islam ...petitioner.

Mr. Jisan Iqubal Hossain ...for the petitioner.

Ms. Nandini Chatterjee ...for the State.

Dictated by Arijit Banerjee, J.

1. The petitioner complains that he is in custody for two years and two months. The trial is still going on. He prays for bail.

2. Learned State Advocate tells us that argument has been completed. The matter has been reserved for judgment.

3. In view of the fact that the trial is about to conclude and prima facie there was seizure of commercial quantity of narcotics from the petitioners, and in view of the restrictions in Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, we are not inclined to entertain the petitioner's prayer for bail.

4. The prayer for bail is rejected.

5. The application being CRM (NDPS) 1869 of 2024 is accordingly dismissed.

(Arijit Banerjee, J.) (Apurba Sinha Ray, J.) Signed By :

TANMOY GHOSH High Court of Calcutta 3 rd of January 2025 12:14:42 PM