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2026 DAILYLAW 1806 (CAL)

SOYEL RANA v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM (NDPS)/581/2026 · 2026-03-31

Tirthankar Ghosh

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31.03.2026 Serial no. 547 [G.S.D] CRM (NDPS) 581 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Gangarampur Police Station Case No. 664 of 2025 dated 11.10.2025 u/s 21(b)/22(b)/23(b)/27A/28/29 of the NDPS Act corresponding to NDPS Case No. 75 of 2025. -And- In the matter of : Soyel Rana … … Petitioner(s) Mr. Kaushik Choudhury Mr. Dwaipayan Panda … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Avishek Sinha Ms. Puja Goswami … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the principal accused has already been granted bail and the petitioner has been implicated only on the basis of statement of a co-accused and is in custody for 42 days. The quantum of seizure in the present case is 40 gm of brown sugar. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the investigation is in progress. Since the accused from whom seizures have been effected has already been granted default bail and the quantum of contraband is of intermediate quantity, I am of the view that further detention of the present petitioner is unwarranted. 2 Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Soyel Rana shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act-cum-ADJ, 3rd Court, Dakshin Dinajpur at Balurghat. If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned Special court and shall not leave the district of Balurghat without prior intimation to the learned Special court. The petitioner shall also make himself physically available as and when called for by the I.O. of this case Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 581 of 2026 is allowed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3