Manjarul Shekh @ Manju v. State Of West Bengal

19.01.2026 Court No.35.

D/L.23.

Rakib (Allowed) CRM (NDPS) 22 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Hili Police Station case no. 59 of 2025 dated 22.03.2025 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/27(A)/28 of the of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In the matter of : Manjaral Shekh @ Manju ......Petitioner.

Mr. Ayan Bhattacharjee, Sr. Adv, Mr. Kaushik Choudhury Mr. D. Panda ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Siladitya Banerjee ......for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for about 10 months. Earlier the prayer for bail of a co-accused was rejected on 19th of December, 2025. However, the petitioner has produced the evidence of the case, let the same be kept with the record. From the seizure list learned advocate for the State points out that two seizure list witnesses so far as the present petitioner is concerned are Bidyut Mali and Tarun Sarkar. I have considered the evidence of Tarun Sarkar and Bidyut Mali and I am of the view that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted in the facts and circumstances of the case. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

As such, petitioner namely, Manjaral Shekh @ Manju shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge (Under NDPS Act) cum Additional Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Dakshin Dinajpur at Balurghat.

If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned trial Court in seisin of the case and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of Dakshin Dinajpur without the prior permission of the learned Special Court.

In case, the petitioner is absent and creates impediment for progress of the trial, learned Special Court/trial Court would cancel the bail of the petitioner without further reference to this Court.

Accordingly, the application for bail being CRM (NDPS) No. 22 of 2026 is allowed.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)