20.05.2026 Court No.35. D/L.13. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (NDPS) 362 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with the N.D.P.S. Case no. 131 of 2025 arising out of Farakka Police Station case no. 298 of 2025 dated 01.08.2025 under Sections 20(b)/21(c) of the NDPS Act. And In the matter of : Kartik Bhakta @ Kartick Bhakta. ……Petitioner. Ms. Arushi Rathore .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Sagar Saha ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for 10 months, the independent witnesses did not support the prosecution case and although, the videographer has been examined as a witness. The videography which was supposed to be conducted was never part of the evidence of PW4. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the subject matter of the case involves alleged recovery of 96 kgs of ganja. There are 17 more witnesses to be examined by the prosecution and 4 witnesses have already been examined. At the time of seizure, videography was done, as such some opportunity must be granted to the prosecution to prove its case. Having considered the quantum of recovery from the joint possession of the petitioner and another, I am of the view that Section 37 of the NDPS Act is attracted. So far as the issue of 2 videography is concerned, at the time of seizure the same has been done whether PW4 will prove the same or any other witness, is sole discretion of the prosecution which may take steps during the course of the trial. At this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 362 of 2026 is dismissed. However, learned trial Court is directed to expedite the process and take steps so that the rest of witnesses are completed within a period of six months. Memo of evidence submitted by the State be kept with the record. All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)