Shipra Chowhan Mali v. The State Of West Bengal

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri 27.02.2023 43.

as (Rejected) C.R.M. (NDPS) 173 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with CR (NDPS) Case No. 178 of 2021 arising out of Matigara P.S. Case No.1341 of 2021 dated 25.11.2021 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act.

In the matter of : Smt. Shipra Chowhan Mali.

... Petitioner.

Mr. Biprajit Das.

...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, ld. A.P.P., Mr. Biswarup Roy.

...for the State.

Heard the learned Advocates for the parties.

We have considered the materials on record. Statements of witnesses and contemporaneous documents i.e. seizure memorandum show recovery of 21.7 kgs. of ganja from the petitioner.

Under such circumstances and in view of statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.

(Subhendu Samanta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)