08.09.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.492 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Allowed C.R.M. (A) 2930 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Sagarpara Police Station Case No. 500 of 2026 dated 24.06.2026 under Sections 21(C)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re : Mainul Mandal and another ... Petitioners. Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Mr. Avik Ghosh ... For the Petitioners. Mr. Pritam Roy, Ms. Sagnika Banerjee ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been implicated on the basis of statement of co-accused. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail, but is unable to refute that the complicity of the present petitioners is on the basis of statement of co-accused. On a specific query of this Court, learned advocate for the State has not been able to satisfy regarding the availability of any previous antecedent or CDR or money trail so far as the present petitioners are concerned. Having regard to the same, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the present petitioners. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is allowed. 2 Accordingly, in the event of arrest, the petitioners viz., 1. Mainul Mandal and 2. Safikul Islam shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer on such terms and conditions as he deems fit and proper and also be subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. As the investigation of the case is still in progress, the petitioners shall report to the Investigating Officer of the case within a period of ten days from date and thereafter on all subsequent dates fixed by the Investigating Officer, if required for the sake of investigation, till the report in final form is submitted before the jurisdictional court. Memo of Evidence submitted by the learned advocate appearing for the State be kept with the record. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 2930 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.)