11.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L. 31. Kausik (Rejected) CRM (NDPS) 1673 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 Beldanga Police Station Case No. 982/2024 dated 28.12.2024 under sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. And In the matter of : Pradeep Pashi ……Petitioner. Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. S.S. Saha ……for the Petitioner. Mr. Debojyoti Adhikary Mr. Hari Pada Nayak ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits petitioner is in custody for about 1 year and 10 months. The seizure list witness did not support the prosecution case. There is no possibility of the trial being concluded as till date out of 13 witnesses cited by the prosecution 2 witnesses have been examined. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits in the present case 105 Kgs. of Ganja were recovered from a vehicle(s). Petitioner happens to be owner of one of the vehicles and was present in the vehicle when the contraband was available. So far as the accusations are concerned, primarily it reflects that Section 37 of the NDPS Act 2 is attracted. However, one of the independent witnesses did not support the prosecution case. State submits that there is a video recording of the seizure. Let the witnesses attached with the video recording be placed before the Court as soon as the present witness who is being examined is completed. Let such evidence be completed within a period of 6 months. Petitioner will renew his prayer for bail after the evidence of the witnesses associated with the video recording are completed. It has been submitted that the CSW 2 was associated with the video recording. If there are any other witnesses learned Trial Court is directed to complete the same within the aforesaid period. Petitioner will renew his prayer for bail after the time period is over. Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 1673 of 2026 is dismissed at this stage. Memo of Evidence submitted be kept with the record. 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.)