04.12.2025 Sl. No. ML456 Court No. 35 REJECTED Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. CRM (NDPS) 917 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Kotwali Police Station case no. 478 of 2024 dated 04.05.2024 under Sections 21(C) and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. -AND- In the matter of : SANOJ KUMAR ……Petitioner For the Petitioner : Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Anik Ghosh Ms. Ankusha Ghosh …Advocates For the State : Mr. Sandeep Chakraborty Mr. Parvej Anam …Advocates 1. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for one month and seven months and there is no progress in the trial of the case, as such, on any stringent condition the petitioner may be released on bail. 2. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that 10000 bottles of phensedyl were recovered from the vehicle and the petitioner was consciously aware and present at the spot. As such, his Page 2 complicity in the offence is proved beyond reasonable doubt. Prosecution is exerting efforts for progressing with the case but for reasons beyond control is unable to proceed. 3. Having considered the fact that commercial quantity of contraband has been seized in this case, I am of the opinion that the rigors of Section 37 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is attracted. 4. Consequently, the prayer for bail is rejected at this stage. 5. Accordingly, CRM(NDPS) 917 of 2025 is dismissed. 6. All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 7. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )