Joti Prakash Debnath @Pappu v. State Of West Bengal

21.12.2020 Item no. 99 Court No.28 AB C.R.M. No.10492 of 2020 (Via Video Conference) In Re:- An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Bongaon Police Station Case No.94 of 2020 Dated 18.02.2020 under Section 21 (c)/29 of the NDPS Act And In the matter of:- Joti Prakash Debnath @ Pappu ... Petitioner Mr. M. K. Mukherjee, .. for the petitioner Md. Anowar Hossain, Ms. Sreyashi Biswas ..for the State We have considered the materials on record including the statement of witnesses prima facie disclosing involvement of the petitioner in the alleged possession of narcotic substance above commercial quantity.

In view of such fact and the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act and as the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected earlier, we are not inclined to grant bail to him.

The prayer for bail is, accordingly, rejected. Trial be expedited.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)