Chhoton Sarkar And ANR v. The State Of West Bengal

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI 13.04.2022 Item no.02 Ct.1 Suvendu CRM (NDPS) 38 of 2022 In Re:- An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Kotwali Police Station Case No.868 of 2021 dated 03.09.2021 under Section 21(C)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985.

And In the matter of:- Chhoton Sarkar & Anr. ... Petitioners Mr. Arjun Chowdhury Mrs. Pratusha Dutta Chowdhury ...........for the petitioners Mr. Nilay Chakraborty Mr. Biswarup Roy .. for the State Considering the fact that the Seizure list shows recovery of the substance directly from the petitioners and the fact that the amount is above the commercial quantity, we are not inclined to grant bail.

However, since the petitioners are in custody for 220 days, we request the learned court below to expedite the trial as far as possible under the circumstances, preferably within six months from today.

CRM (NDPS) 38 of 2022 is accordingly rejected and disposed of.

(Kesang Doma Bhutia, J.) (Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.)