20.01.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Item No.ML46 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 Susanta Rejected C.R.M. (NDPS) 1313 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Sagardighi Police Station Case No. 555 of 2024 dated 12.11.2024 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. And In Re : Manoj Kumar & Anr. ... Petitioners. Mr. Jisan Iqubal Hossain, ... For the Petitioners. Mr. Md. Adil Badr, Ld. Jr. Govt. Adv., Ms. Rita Dutta, ... For the State. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated for alleged recovery of 142 Kgs. Ganja. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, submits that the petitioners are driver and khalasi of the said vehicle. It has also been submitted that the Trial has commenced and some of the witnesses have turned hostile. Learned advocate for the State additionally submits that huge quantity of contraband was recovered and the trial of the case is in progress. Prosecution intends to rely upon 15 witnesses in order to prove this case. Be that as it may, at this stage, I am of the view, since the trial is in progress, the petitioners would co-operate for 2 progress of the trial and renew their prayer for bail after 30th June, 2026. At this stage the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 1313 of 2025, is, thus, dismissed. 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.)