Rubel Ansari v. The State Of West Bengal

25/03/2026 D/L - 24 Court No.6 S. Kundu Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM (A) 176 of 2026 In Re: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023. In connection with New Cooch Behar GRPS P.S case no. 09 of 2025 dated 26/03/2025 under sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act.

In the matter of: Rubel Ansari

...Petitioner.

Mr. Chandan Roy Mr. Abdul Habib Md. Yousuf Ansari ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Ujjal Luksom Mr. C. Roy ...for the State.

1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Other than the statement of the co-accused, there are no other incriminating materials available against the petitioner. Charge sheet has been submitted.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. He submits that other than the statements of co-accused, there is no money trial, phone call records or criminal antecedent to implicate the petitioner.

3. In view of the above, the petitioner has been able to rebut the restriction contained in Section 37 of the NDPS Act and considering the other materials available in the case

diary, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. In the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer and also be subject to further conditions that the petitioner shall not threaten or intimidate witnesses. The petitioner shall surrender before the learned jurisdictional Court and pray for bail within four weeks from date and regularly attend the jurisdictional Court.

5. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

6. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)