21.09.2026 Court No.35. D/L.460. Rakib (Rejected) CRM (NDPS) 1988 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 Gaighata Police Station case no. 1029 of 2023 dated 19.10.2023 under Sections 21(C)/25/25A/27A/29 of the NDPS Act. And In the matter of : Tapan Mondal ……Petitioner. Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. S. S. Saha ......for the Petitioner. Mr. Kallol Mondal, Ld. PP Mr. Pawan Kumar Gupta Mr. Sreyash Kumar Singh ……for the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for about two years 11 months and till date the trial has not been completed. Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that only one prosecution witness is left to be examined. Having considered the period for which PW13 was cross- examined, I am of the opinion that some opportunity must be given to the State. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in CRM (NDPS) 1988 of 2026 is dismissed at this stage. Learned trial Court would ensure that examination-in-chief of the prosecution witness being PW13 be completed at the earliest. 2 Memo of evidence submitted by the State 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.)