Mintu Ali And ANR v. The State Of West Bengal
20.02.2026 jb.
jdt.
Allowed
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION C.R.M. (NDPS) 608 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with NJP GRPS Police Station Case No. 09 of 2025 dated 28.01.2025 under Sections 8(c)/21(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
And In Re : Mintu Ali & Anr.
Mr. Jaydeep Kanta Bhowmik Mr. Sayantan Bhowmik Mr. Shubham Kumar Ms. Priti Das ... For the Petitioners.
Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty Mr. Aniruddha Biswas ... For the State The petitioners pray for bail primarily on the ground that grounds of arrest were not communicated to the petitioners at the time of their arrest.
Such fact is not denied.
In view of the fact that grounds of arrest were not provided to the petitioners in compliance with the mandate laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a catena of judgments, the petitioners are entitled to be released on bail despite recovery of contraband articles above commercial quantity from their possession. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.
The petitioners namely Mintu Ali and Biplab Choudhury shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each, with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Jalpaiguri, subject to condition that they shall remain within the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court and shall furnish the address where they shall presently reside before the learned trial Court, the investigating officer and the concerned officer in charge of the police station under whose jurisdiction they shall henceforth reside. They shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing fixed by the learned trial Court and shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioners fail to adhere to any of the conditions stated hereinabove, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.
CRM (NDPS) 608 of 2025 is 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.)