Ayesa Begam v. The State Of West Bengal

08.02.2023 21.

mb Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CRM (NDPS) 17 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 02.01.2023 in connection with New Jalpaiguri Police Station Case No. 1323 of 2021 dated 16.12.2021 under Section 23 (c) of the NDPS Act, 1985. In the matter of : Ayesa Begam ... petitioner Mr. Sandip Dutta, Mr. Swarup Mondal ...for the petitioner Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Mr. Saikat Chtterjee .....for the State.

Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is standing on an equal footing with two other co-accused persons, who have already been granted bail.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

However, for the sake of parity, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 17 of 2023 is allowed, thereby granting bail to the petitioner on condition that the

petitioner shall furnish a bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court, (under NDPS Act), Jalpaiguri. The petitioner shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court during the entire period of trial and attend trial on each and every date.

(Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.) (Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)