20.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.61 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (NDPS) 1342 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Raninagar Police Station Case No. 722 of 2025 dated 01.11.2025 under Sections 21(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re : Sanjeev Kumar Kundu @ Sanjeev Kundu ... Petitioner. Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, Mrs. Suchismita Chakraborty, Mr. Debarnab Adhikary ... For the Petitioner. Ms. Tanusree Kar ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject-matter of the present case relates to alleged recovery of 206 bottles of Codeine Phosphate and petitioner is in custody since 01.11.2025. It has been submitted that charges have already been framed and prosecution has relied upon 14 witnesses in order to prove its case. As such, petitioner prays for bail. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail in view of the contraband seized (206 bottles of Codeine Phosphate) from the present petitioner. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and the time which will be consumed to take the trial to its logical conclusion and also the fact that Memo of Evidence do not reflect that there is any criminal 2 antecedent of the present petitioner, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Sanjeev Kumar Kundu @ Sanjeev Kundu 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, Berhampore, Murshidabad. 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 Murshidabad 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. The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 1342 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.)