Sekhar Paswan v. State Of West Bengal

03.07.2026 In the High Court at Calcutta Sl. No. DL 290 Court No. 35 Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction ALLOWED Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) Case No.

CRM (NDPS) 1328 of 2026 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Dalkhola Police Station case no.209 of 2025 dated 18.07.2025 under Sections 21(b) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

-ANDIn the matter of :

SEKHAR PASWAN ......Petitioner For the Petitioner :

Ms. Minoti Gomes Mr. Jishan Iqubal Hossain ...Advocates For the State :

Mr. Shataroop Purkayastha ...Advocate 1.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that although the recovery in the present case is of 610 gms of Brown Sugar but the present petitioner has been implicated on the basis of statement of a co-accused. The petitioner is in custody for more than two and a half months. 2.

Learned advocate appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for bail as there has been money transaction between the present petitioner and the accused from whom the contraband has been seized.

3.

Be that as it may, having considered the cryptic evidence against the present petitioner and the period of detention, I am of the view that the petitioner be released on bail. 4.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 5.

As such, the petitioner, namely, Sekhar Paswan shall furnish bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court (N.D.P.S. Act), Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur.

6.

If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court in seisin of the case. The petitioner shall not leave the district of Uttar Dinajpur without prior permission of the concerned Court. 7.

Accordingly, CRM(NDPS) 1328 of 2026 is disposed of. 8.

Memo of evidence filed by the State be kept with the record. 9.

Case diary be returned to the learned advocate appearing for the State.

10. All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

11. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )