Ganesh Das v. The State West Bengal

17.06.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.9 CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI Ct.No.2 dc.

Rejected C.R.M. (NDPS) 209 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with New Jalpaiguri, GRPS, West Bengal P.S. Case No. 84 of 2024 dated 24.10.2024 under Sections 8(c)/20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re :

Ganesh Das ... Petitioner.

Mr. P. Roy, Mr. Naser Ali, Mr. Debojyoti Goswami Mr. Jaimallya Bhattacharya ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, APP, Mr. Sourav Ganguly ... For the State.

Pursuant to the direction passed on 11.06.2025, the FSL report along with forwarding report has been submitted on behalf of the State. Let the same be kept with the record. Since the FSL report has been collected, the investigating officer would file supplementary charge-sheet at the earliest. Learned Trial Court would within a month from the date of the supplementary charge-sheet being filed, supply all necessary documents on which the prosecution intends to rely upon for proving its case. Learned Trial Court would also put in efforts so that within thirty days hence from the date of supply of copies the stage of consideration of charges is over.

Since commercial quantity of contraband was recovered from the possession of the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail at this stage. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. Petitioner would be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after the stage of consideration of charges is over. The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 209 of 2025, is, thus, dismissed.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)