Sanjay Sarkar@Prosenjit v. The State Of West Bengal

07.07.2025 jb.

jdt Allowed

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction C.R.M. (A) 412 of 2025 In Re : An application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Sitai Police Station Case No. 60 of 2025 dated 12.03.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the NDPS Act.

And In Re :

Sanjay Sarkar @ Prosenjit Mr. Sudip Guha ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty Mr. Sourav Ganguly ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner's name has transpired from the statement of the co-accused. No recovery has been made from him.

In view of the above, this Court is inclined to hold that the petitioner has been able to rebut the statutory restriction under Section 37 of the NDPS Act and is entitled to anticipatory bail.

Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioner namely Sanjay Sarkar @ Prosenjit be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of

the Arresting Officer and also subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. The petitioner shall appear before the jurisdictional Court and pray for regular bail within two weeks from date.

The application for anticipatory 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.)