Somnath Bhujel@Anand v. The State Of West Bengal

10.06.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.44 CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI Ct.No.2 dc.

Rejected C.R.M. (NDPS) 224 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Bhaktinagar Police Station Case No. 322 of 2025 dated 11.04.2025 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

And In Re :

Somnath Bhujel @ Anand ... Petitioner.

Mr. Subrata Karmakar, Ms. Madhumita Sarkar, Ms. R. Chakraborty, Mr. Goutam Das ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, APP, Mr. Ujjwal Luksom, Mr. Chattu Roy ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner draws the attention of the Court to the letter of complaint which has been treated to be FIR of the case as also the seizure list. According to the learned advocate for the petitioner, the petitioner has been implicated in connection with the instant case solely on the statement of the co-accused and there has been no recovery from his possession.

On the other hand, Mr. Chakraborty, learned APP appearing for the State has drawn the attention of the Court to the documents available in the case diary and referred to a permit which is in the name of the present petitioner in

respect of a vehicle which was used for the alleged commission of offence. Learned advocate for the State further submits that the investigation of the case is still in progress.

Having considered the stage of the investigation, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. However, the petitioner would be at liberty to approach this Court and renew his prayer for bail after submission of charge-sheet.

The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 224 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.)