Sahirul Islam v. State Of West Bengal

27.08.19 Sl. No.3 akd Ct. No.1 [Rejected] CALCUTTA HIGH COURT In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri C. R. M. 685 of 2019 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 19.08.2019 in connection with Bhaktinagar Police Station Case No.244 of 2019 dated 27.03.2019 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act. (NDPS Case No.12 of 2019) And In Re: Sahirul Islam ... ... Petitioner Mr. Swarup Kumar Mandal .. Advocate ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Dipak Dutta .. Advocate Mr. Aniruddha Biswas .. Advocate ... ... for the State The petitioner is seeking bail in connection with a case relating to offences punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act. Having considered the materials on record disclosing prima facie involvement of the petitioner and co-accused person in the alleged joint possession of narcotic substance i.e. 21.6 kgs. of Ganja, which is above commercial quantity and in view of the statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined in granting bail to the petitioner.

The application for bail is thus rejected.

(Manojit Mandal, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)