Pramesh Manger @ Parmesh Manger v. The State Of West Bengal

02.07.2025 Ct.No.2 b.das Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction C.R.M. (NDPS) 250 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Mekhliganj P.S. Case No. 286 of 2023 dated 30.08.2023 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the NDPS Act.

And In Re :Pramesh Manger @ Parmesh Manger ... Petitioner.

Mr. Hillol Saha Podder Ms. Mousumi Das ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. Tapan Bhattacharjee Mr. Dhiman Sil ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than 3 months and submits that he is only the owner of the seized vehicle and has no role in the alleged offence.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. It appears that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle from which the contraband articles were recovered from the possession of the co accused. No recovery was made from the petitioner. He does not appear to have been in the vehicle when the vehicle was intercepted. None of the witnesses has implicated the petitioner in the alleged offence. Considering the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence this Court is inclined to hold that the

petitioner has been able to rebut the restrictions laid down under Section 37 of the NDPS Act.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Pramesh Manger @ Parmesh Manger be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Cooch Behar subject to condition that he shall not leave the jurisdiction of Mekhliganj P.S. and shall furnish the address where he shall henceforth reside before the learned trial Court, investigating officer and the Officer in charge of the concerned P.S under whose jurisdiction he shall presently reside. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing fixed by the learned trial Court and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions as stated above without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court. The application for bail is thus disposed of. Case Diary be returned.

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

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

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)