Vijay Shankar Choudhury v. The State Of West Bengal

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04.07.2023 Court No.1 Tanmoy Ghosh Rejected CALCUTTA HIGH COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI

APPELLATE SIDE CRM (NDPS) 317 of 2023 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in connection with Kotwali Police Station Case No. 525 of 2022 dated 04.08.2022 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act, 1985. NDPS Case no. 97 of 2022.

And In the matter of: - Vijay Shankar Choudhury ...petitioner.

Mr. Partha Pratim Sarkar, Adv., Mr. Sandip Guha Roy, Adv.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Adv., Mr. Biswarup Roy, Adv.

...for the State.

Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned Advocate for the State.

We have considered the material placed before us and we are not convinced that this is a fit case for granting bail as prayed for.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected keeping in mind the restrictions of Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. However, considering the fact that the present accused petitioner is languishing in Jail Custody for a considerable period of time, we direct the learned trial Court to conclude the trial of NDPS Case no. 97 of 2022 as

early as possible and preferably within six months from the date of communication of this order.

Learned trial Court is hereby directed to act on the server copy of this order, duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

The application for bail being CRM (NDPS) 317 of 2023 is, accordingly disposed of.

(Arijit Banerjee, J.) (Partha Sarathi Sen, J.)