09.10.2026 Item No.80 Court No.37 (Bench ID-265691) CHC Allowed In The High Court at Calcutta Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side C.R.M.(A) 3494 of 2026 In Re:- An application for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with Gangarampur Police Station Case No. 611 of 2025 dated 12.09.2025 under Sections 21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/27A/28/29 of NDPS Act, 1985, pending before the Court of Learned Special Judge, under NDPS Act cum Additional District and Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Dakshin Dinajpur at Balurghat. And In the matter of : Gulam Rabbani @ Babu ...… petitioner Mr. Narayan Debnath, Advocate Ms. Bishalaxmi Ghosh, Advocate Ms. Taniya Chakroborty, Advocate Mr. Md. N. Sarkar, Advocate .…for the petitioner Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, Ld. A.P.P Mr. Kaustav Shome, Advocate Ms. Jayashree Patra, Advocate .…for the State 1. Memo of Evidence filed in Court be kept with the record. 2. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail. 3. State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. Police filed charge-sheet. 5. Police at this stage is unable to establish a nexus between the petitioner and the arrested co-accused or the seized commercial quantity of narcotics. 2 6. In such circumstances, the petitioner is able to overcome the restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 7. Consequently, I grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. Accordingly, I direct that in the event of arrest the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/-, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer 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 BNSS, and on further condition that the petitioner shall appear on every date before the jurisdictional court on and from the date fixed for appearance of the accused and in default the jurisdictional court will pass appropriate order to secure the presence of the petitioner in court including cancelling the anticipatory bail granted without further reference to this Court. 9. This application for anticipatory bail is, thus, allowed. 10. CRM(A) 3494 of 2026 is disposed of. (Debangsu Basak, J.) CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Digitally signed by CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY Date: 2026.10.09 18:29:58 +05'30'