Calcutta High CourtCRM(A)/1/2026allowed

Bablu Sekh @ Md Bablu Sekh v. The State Of West Bengal

2026-01-07Hon'Ble Justice Tirthankar Ghosh2 pages

07.01.2026 Item no. 46.

Court No.3.

Rakib (Allowed) In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction CRM (A) 1 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Sahebgnaj Police Station Case No. 579 of 2025 dated 28.09.2025 under Sections 21(c)/25/29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In the matter of : Bablu Sekh @ Md. Bablu Sekh. ......Petitioner.

Mr. Hillol Saha Podder ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Ld. APP Mr. Bhaskar Das Ms. Sukanya Adhikary ......for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been implicated in connection with the instant case on the basis of statement of co-accused and even after raid was conducted no recovery was made from his house. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that 133 grams of Yaba Tablets were recovered which is commercial quantity.

However, the recovery was from one Bacher Ali and the petitioner was named by the said accused and there has been no recovery, as such I am of the opinion that the petitioner be

extended the privilege of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is allowed. As such, I direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a 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 investigating officer/arresting officer of the case and also subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and/or under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

As the investigation of the case is in progress, the petitioner will meet with the investigating officer once in a week on and from 10th of January, 2026 till the charge-sheet is furnished before the learned jurisdictional Court.

The order of anticipatory bail will remain in force for a period of eight weeks from date.

Accordingly, CRM (A) 1 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.)