25.08.2026 Serial no. 780 [G.S.Das] Assistant Registrar (Court) CRM (NDPS) 1762 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Santiniketan PS Case No. 216 of 2023 dated 22.12.2023 u/s 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the NDPS Act [ C. Case No. 01 of 2024]. -And- In the matter of : Tathagata Roy … … Petitioner(s) Mr. Sanjay Mazoomdar … for the Petitioner(s) Mr. Kallol Mondal, ld. PP Mr. Anamitra Banerjee Mr. Sreyash Kumar Singh … for the State-respondent(s) Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the driver of a vehicle who has been foisted with the present criminal case. The petitioner is in custody for two years eight months and till date only one witness has been examined. State has opposes the prayer for bail as there has been recovery of 91.5 kg of ganja. Having considered the period of detention of the present petitioner and the fact that the prosecution intends to examine 10 more witnesses which will take some time to take the trial to its logical conclusion, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 2 Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Tathagata Roy shall be released on bail upon furnishing 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), Suri, Birbhum. If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned Special court/trial court and shall not leave the district of Birbhum without prior permission of the learned Special court/trial court. Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 1762 of 2026 is allowed. Pending application(s), if any, is also disposed of. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) 3