Ramesh Chandra Roy @ Ramesh Roy @ Jadav v. State Of West Bengal

21.12.2020 Item no. 91 Court No.28 AB C.R.M. No.9483 of 2020 (Via Video Conference) In Re:- An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chakdaha Police Station Case No.248 of 2020 Dated 30.08.2020 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) / 29 of the NDPS Act And In the matter of:- Ramesh Chandra Roy @ Ramesh Roy @ Jadav ... Petitioner Ms. Karabi Roy ...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Sanjay Bardhan, Mr. Palash Chandra Majhi ...for the State.

It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that no narcotic substance was recovered from him.

Learned Counsel appearing for the State submits that the petitioner was the person, who was in charge of the vehicle which was used for transporting narcotic substance. Statements of witnesses including owner of the vehicle implicate the petitioner as the person in charge of the said vehicle which was intercepted with a commercial quantity of narcotic substance i.e. 597.25 kilogram of ganja.

Under such circumstances and in view of the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

The prayer for bail, accordingly, stands rejected. (Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)