Nasiba Bibi@Ujala Begam And ANR v. State Of West Bengal

07.01.2022 Item no.30.

Court No.1.

AB (Rejected) CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI (Via Video Conference) CRM 1129 of 2021 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Mathabhanga Police Station Case No.293 of 2020 Dated 10.8.2020 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the NDPS Act And In the matter of: Nasiba Bibi @ Ujala Begam & Anr. ......Petitioners.

Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Ms. Ghazala Firdaus, Mr. M. Islam, Ms. Arunima Mukhopadhyay ......for the Petitioners. Mr. Ujjwal Luksom, Mr. Biswarup Roy ......for the State.

Commercial quantity of contraband items, i.e., ganja was recovered from the joint possession of the petitioners. In view of the restriction in Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to allow the petitioners' prayer for bail. We are told that the petitioners have been in custody for about one year and four months. Charges have been framed. Nothing has progressed thereafter.

We request the learned Trial Court to expedite the trial and bring the same to its logical conclusion as soon as the business of the Court may permit and preferably within a period

of 18 months from the date of a copy of this order being placed before the learned Court.

C.R.M. 1129 of 2021 is, accordingly, dismissed. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Aniruddha Roy, J.) (Arijit Banerjee, J.)