17.07.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 38. Kausik (Allowed) CRM (NDPS) 1209 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with F. No. S1(VII)- 86/2026(AIU) dated April 03, 2026 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B)/23(b) read with Section 8 of the NDPS Act. And In the matter of : Zuber Jafar Sayyed ……Petitioner. Mr. Navanil De Mr. Srinjan Ghosh Mr. Debarshi Mukhopadhyay ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Vipul Kundalia, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sretapa Sinha Mr. Anindya Kanan Mr. Dhirodatto Chaudhuri ……for the Customs Authority. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for about 3 and half months and the seizure in the present case is of 3971 Gms. of Ganja and complaint has already been submitted before the jurisdictional Court. As such, the petitioner may be released on bail. Learned advocate appearing for the Air Customs Authority opposes the prayer for bail as the seizure was from the Calcutta Airport and the petitioner happens to be a resident of Mumbai. As complaint has been filed and the quantum of recovery is of intermediate quantity, relying upon the judgment passed in Barnali Bag Vs. Union of India (Special Leave 2 Petition (Crl.) No. 3641/2026, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, Petitioner, namely, Zuber Jafar Sayyed 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 Learned Judge, under NDPS Act, 8th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of District of North 24 Parganas without the prior permission of the learned Special Court and shall meet with the investigating officer of the case or any officer assigned by the Principal Commissioner, Airport for a period of 6 months. It would be the discretion of the learned Trial Court, at the end of 6 months, either to extend such order or waive the condition. With the aforesaid observations CRM (NDPS) 1209 of 2026 is allowed. 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.)