17.03.2026 Serial no. 40 [Dd] (Bail Rejected) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRM(NDPS)/48/2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Mathabhanga Police Station Case No. 60 of 2025 dated 27.01.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. -And- In the matter of : PRAMILA ADHIKARY AND ANR … …Petitioners Mr. Mantu Mandal, Ms. Riya Agarwal, Advocates … … For the Petitioner Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Ms. Sukanya Adhikary, Advocates … …For the State 1. Two grounds are canvassed for grant of bail. One ground is the medical condition and the other is the period of detention. 2. So far as the medical condition is concerned, report was called for by the co-ordinate Bench which was submitted. 3. Medical report does not disclose anything alarming so far as the petitioner No. 1 is concerned. Claim was that the petitioner No. 1 was suffering from cancer. Medical report does not establish it to be so. 4. Period of detention coupled with the gravity of the offence with which the petitioners are charged with, do not inspire confidence in invoking Article 21 of the Constitution of India in favour of the petitioners at this stage. 5. Commercial quantity of narcotic was seized from the joint possession of the petitioners. 2 6. Petitioners are unable to overcome the restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 7. Consequently, prayer for bail of the petitioners is rejected. 8. CRM(NDPS)/48/2026 is dismissed. (Debangsu Basak, J.)