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2026 DAILYLAW 38024 (CAL)

SANJIBAN BISWAS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CRM (NDPS)/1863/2026 · 2026-09-02

Tirthankar Ghosh

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02.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L.68. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (NDPS) 1863 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with SPL 87/25 & STF HQ P.S. Case No. 11 of 2025 dated 18.11.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the NDPS Act. And In the matter of : Sanjiban Biswas ……Petitioner. Mr. Soumik Ganguly Ms. Priti Barman .....for the Petitioner. Mr. Kallol Mondal, Ld. PP Mr. Anamitra Banerjee Mrs. Priyanka Bhattacharyya ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the khalasi/helper of the truck who has been foisted with the present criminal case. According to the petitioner search and seizure was conducted in gross violation of the provisions of law and the petitioner is in custody for more than nine months. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that total recovery in the present case is 677.24 kgs of ganja. Very recently another accused approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 14409/2026, wherein the prayer for bail has been rejected. I have taken into account the huge quantum of seizure in the present case. Having considered the fact that there is a specific direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court that if there is no progress in the trial within a period of one year from date of framing of charge and 2 subject to full cooperation rendered by the petitioner, if the trial is not concluded, petitioner would be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail. Having considered the observations of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, I am of the opinion that the prayer for bail of the petitioner in CRM (NDPS) 1863 of 2026 is dismissed at this stage. 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.)