08.10.2026. Item No. 16 Court No.7 ap CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M. (A) 688 OF 2026 In the matter of: An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed on 24.08.2026 in connection with Sahebganj Police Station Case No. 271 of 2025 dated 16.05.2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In re: Sushanta Pradhan. … Petitioner. Mr. Hillol Saha Podder. …… for the petitioner Mr. Avrojyoti Das, Ld. APP, Mr. Sanjay Mazoomdar. …. for the State 1. The application for anticipatory bail is canvassed on the ground that a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court has allowed anticipatory bail being CRM 259 of 2020 in similar circumstances. 2. The petitioner claims that he is not the owner of the house, where the recovery of commercial quantity of Ganja was recovered. The house belongs to his mother and has been gifted to his brother. 3. This Court is of the view that merely because the house does not belong to the applicant that would not ipso facto mean that he did not have the quantity of Narcotic on himself. 2 4. Admittedly, the said quantity of Ganja was recovered from the person of the petitioner. 5. In the light of the above, the application for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is dismissed. 6. Case Diary be returned. 7. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)