Tapan Paul v. State Of West Bengal

CRM 8847 of 2020 20.11.2020 (Via Video Conference) Court No. 16 Item No. 04 nandy/biswas In Re: An application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 02.11.2020 in connection with Hili Police Station Case No. 180 of 2019 dated 01.12.2019 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/27(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. (Special Case No. 46 of 2019) and In the matter of: Tapan Paul ...... Petitioner Ms. Bursa Khatoon, Advocate ......for the Petitioner Mr. P.K. Datta, Advocate Mr. Santanu Deb Roy, Advocate ......for the State (Bail - Dismissed) The petitioner undertakes to affirm and stamp the petition as per the Rules within one week of resumption of the normal functioning of the court. The petition is taken up through video conference on the basis of such undertaking.

Since the allegation is that commercial quantity of contraband was recovered from the possession of the petitioner, the petitioner does not qualify to obtain bail in view of the statutory bar.

CRM 8847 of 2020 is dismissed.

(Sanjib Banerjee, J.) (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)