Rahamat Sk @ Sekh v. State Of West Bengal

03.07.2026 Sl. No. 323 Court No.35 Rohan (Allowed)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE C.R.M.(NDPS) 1361 of 2026 In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. 2509 of 2025 dated 15.12.2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 21(c)/25/27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

-AndIn the matter of: Rahamat Sk @ Sekh

...Petitioner

Mr. J. Biswas Mr. M. Saha ...for the Petitioner Ms. Arushi Rathore ...for the State

1. Memo of evidence submitted be kept with the record.

2. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the present case relates to alleged recovery of 515 grams of brown sugar. The petitioner is in custody for 195 days and charge-sheet has already been submitted before the Jurisdictional Court. Some of the accused persons have been granted bail also. So far as the present petitioner is concerned, according to the advocate, there has been no recovery from the present petitioner and he has been implicated on the basis of the statement of the co-accused and only sum of Rs. 1 lakh, unconnected with the seizure, was recovered from his residence.

3. Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

4. The memo of evidence sent to the learned advocate for the State does not reveal any criminal antecedents of the present petitioner. Charge-sheet reflects that there are eleven (11) witnesses and charges are yet to be framed.

5. Considering the aforesaid, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Rahamat Sk @ Sekh is allowed.

6. Accordingly, the petitioner 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, NDPS Act, 4th Court, Malda.

7. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present before the learned Trial Court on each and every date. Petitioner shall not leave the district of Malda without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.

8. In the event, the petitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions as stated above, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

9. Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 1361 of 2026 is disposed of.

10. All parties shall act in terms of the server copy of the order downloaded from the official website of this Court.

11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)