17.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.49 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 1245 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Special Task Force (STF) HQ Police Station Case No. 11 of 2025 dated 18.11.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re : Ramkrishna Karmakar @ Pagla ... Petitioner. Mr. Satadru Lahiri, Mr. Joy Chakraborty, Mr. Sandip Dinda ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Brajesh Jha, APP, Mr. Amartya Mohan Bhattacharyya ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 16.01.2026. Earlier petitioner was in custody in connection with Airport Police Station Case No. 25 of 2021. Petitioner was convicted for a period of 12 years vide the judgement dated 29.11.2024. It has been contended that petitioner was granted bail on 15.01.2026 and when the petitioner was granted bail, a jail interrogation was done by the investigating agency and on 16.01.2026, petitioner was shown arrested prior to his release in connection with the appeal bail in CRA(DB) 303 of 2025. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner’s bail was rejected on 02.04.2026. Learned 2 advocate for the State submits that since there is an antecedent of the present petitioner, petitioner should not be released on bail. I have taken into account the overall circumstances of the case, the time of arrest of the petitioner and the fact that petitioner was earlier in custody since 2021 and could not be released because of the present arrest. There has been change of circumstances as charge-sheet has been submitted before the jurisdictional court. Having considered the overall circumstances of the case particularly the manner of arrest and the point of time at which the petitioner was arrested on 16.01.2026 after his bail was granted by the Hon’ble Division Bench in CRA (DB) 303 of 2025, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Ramkrishna Karmakar @ Pagla shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under the NDPS Act, 2nd Court, Barasat. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Special Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of North 24- Parganas without prior permission of the learned Special Court. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. 3 The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 1245 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of. All concerned 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 with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)