Pradip Adhikary@Pradip Adhikari v. The State Of West Bengal

D/L. 67 February 2, 2023 MNS Calcutta High Court In The Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side CRM (NDPS) 42 of 2023 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 03.01.2023 in connection with NDPS Case No. 87 of 2022 arising out of Dhupguri Police Station Case No. 390 of 2022 dated 01.07.2022 under Section 20(b)((ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In the matter of: Shri Pradip Adhikary @ Pradip Adhikari .... Petitioner Mr. Kumar Shantanu, Mr. Abhishek Sarkar ... for the petitioner Mr. Kallol Acharjee, Mr. Kallol Nag ... for the State Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. The amount of contraband articles allegedly recovered from the petitioner is intermediate and does not cross the commercial limit. Hence, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 42 of 2023 is allowed, thereby granting bail to the petitioner on condition that the petitioner furnishes bond of Rs.10,000/-, 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), at Jalpaiguri.

The petitioner shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court during the entire period of trial and shall attend the trial on each and every date.

The petitioner, further, shall not make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing such facts to any police officer or the court and/or tamper with the evidence in any manner whatsoever.

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