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2025 DAILYLAW 18946 (CAL)

SUJIT MANDAL v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM (A)/1209/2025 · 2025-04-16

Jay Sengupta

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16/04/2025 (D/L 38) Ct. No.28 (Rejected) C.R.M.(A) 1209 of 2025 (S.Kundu) In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under section 482 of the Bharatiya nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Kaliachak Police Station Case No. 1837 of 2024 dated 10.11.2024 under Section 21(C)/25/27A/29 of the NDPS Act, pending before the Learned Additional District Judge, Special Court, Malda in NDPS Case No. 93/2024. In the matter of: Sujit Mandal … Petitioner Mr. Amitabha Karmakar, Mr. Arup Kumar Bhowmick … for the petitioner Mr. Antarikhya Basu, Mr. Abhinaba Mukherjee … for the State 1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The Investigating Agency has alleged that a large quantity of contraband was allegedly seized from the house of the petitioner in his absence. However, no videography of the seizure was done. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the case diary, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits as follows. The seizure list was signed by the wife of the petitioner. The entire procedure of seizure was videographed. Investigation is going on and the petitioner is absconding. 248 bottles of phensedyl had been seized in the process. 2 2 3. In view of the incriminating materials contained in the case diary, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Jay Sengupta, J.)