D/L69 10.07.2026 Bpg. Partly Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS)827 of 2026 In Re: An application for Bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/U/s 439 of Cr.PC.1973 filed in connection with Kharagpur Local Police Station Case No.780 of 2023 dated 01.10.2023 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and charges framed under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Dharmananda Nayak & Anr. Versus The State of West Bengal Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra Ms. Madhurai Sinha Ms. Upasana Banerjee. …for the petitioners. Ms. Rajendra Banerjee Mr. Ramashis Mukherjee. …for the State. Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, learned Additional Public Prosecutor along with Mr. Ramashis Mukherjee, learned advocate, appears on behalf of the State. Their appointment may be regularized by the concerned authorities. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in custody for 2 years 9 months and the accusations against the petitioners are for alleged recovery of 72.38 kgs. of ganja. It has been submitted that till date out of 14 witnesses cited by the prosecution 9 witnesses have been examined. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail 2 as both the petitioners were present along with the child when the vehicle was intercepted and the contraband was recovered. I have taken into account the quantum of recovery in the present case which is of commercial quantity. Having considered that the petitioner no.2 is a lady, I am inclined to release her on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner no.2 is allowed. The petitioner no.2, namely, Ranjulata Nayak shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court, under NDPS Act, 4th Court, Paschim Medinipur. If on bail, the petitioner no.2 shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned trial court and shall not leave the district of Paschim Medinipur without prior permission of the learned special court. So far as the bail of the petitioner no.1, namely, Dharmananda Nayak is concerned, the same is rejected. Thus, CRM(NDPS) 827 of 2026 is partly allowed. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly 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 of all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3