19.06.2026 Sl. No. DL 30 Court No. 35 ALLOWED Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No. CRM (NDPS) 1142 of 2026 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 Amdanga Police Station case no.585 of 2024 dated 25.08.2024 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25, 27A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. -AND- In the matter of : NRIPEN BAIRAGI ……Petitioner For the Petitioner : Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. Shashanka Shekhar Saha …Advocates For the State : Dr. Pradip Banerjee, Addl. Public Prosecutor Mr. Suman Chakraborty …Advocates 1. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 1 year 10 months although charges have been framed but till date none of the witnesses has been examined. Learned advocate for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner is the helper of the truck who was innocently boarding the vehicle and has been intercepted on the accusation of recovery of 204 KGs of Ganja. Page 2 2. A report has been submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State. Let the same be kept with the record. 3. On a perusal of the report submitted by the State, it reflects that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents. It also transpires that till date none of the witnesses has been examined. 4. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and the petitioner admittedly was a helper of the truck, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. 5. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 6. As such, the petitioner, namely, Nripen Bairagi shall furnish 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 Special Court (NDPS Act) at Barasat. 7. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court in seisin of the case. The petitioner shall not leave the district of North 24 Parganas without prior permission of the concerned Court. 8. Accordingly, CRM(NDPS) 1142 of 2026 is disposed of. 9. Case diary be returned to the learned advocate appearing for the State. Page 3 10. All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 11. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )