Tapan Paul v. The State Of West Bengal

06.07.2023 Item no.36.

Court No.01.

S. De (Rejected) Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri CRM (NDPS) No. 498 of 2023 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 30.06.2023 in connection with Bhaktinagar Police station Case No. 1121 of 2021 dated 27.08.2021 under Sections 21(b)/22(b)/29 adding Sectio 21(c)/22(c)/25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

And In the matter of : Tapan Paul. ......Petitioner. Ms. Supriya Debnath, ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Mr. Tapan Bhatacharjee, ......for the State.

Heard learned advocate for the petitioner and learned advocate for the state.

It appears that commercial quantity of narcotic drugs were seized from the possession of the present accused petitioner. Considering the seriousness of the crime and keeping in mind the statutory restriction under Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, we are not inclined to exercise our discretion in favour of the present accused petitioner. Considering the long pendency of the case before the learned Trial Court, the learned Trial court is, hereby, directed to consider the charge as against the charge-sheeted accused persons in respect of the caption mentioned case positively

within three months from the date of communication of this order.

The application for bail is, accordingly, rejected. CRM (DB) 498 of 2023 is dismissed.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Partha Sarathi Sen, J.) (Arijit Banerjee, J.)