05.10.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.21 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc. Rejected C.R.M. (A) 1342 of 2026 In Re : An Application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with New Township Police Station Case No. 99 of 2024 dated 18.05.2024 under Sections 21(C)/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985t. And In Re : Ankit Singh ... Petitioner. Mr. Sk. Salim, Mr. Anish Tiwari ... For the Petitioner. Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharya, APP, Mr. Koustav Lal Mukherjee ... For the State. A report dated 22.09.2026 submitted by the Sub- Inspector of Police attached to New Township Police Station, Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate be kept with the record. Having considered the said report, I am of the opinion that custodial detention of the present petitioner cannot be ruled out in view of the seizures which have been effected. Having regard to the same, I am not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the present petitioner. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. Memo of Evidence submitted on behalf of the State be kept with the record. The application for anticipatory bail, being CRM (A) 1342 of 2026, is, thus, dismissed. 2 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.)