Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri; C.R.M.(A) 547 of 2025; decided 22.07.2025 by Bibhas Ranjan De, J. Anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS for petitioner Tapan Das in Rajganj Police Station Case No. 171 of 2023 dated 02.04.2023 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 NDPS Act; recovery of commercial quantity of contraband; Section 37 NDPS statutory hurdle held overcome; parity with co-accused already granted bail by co-ordinate Bench; submission of no recovery from petitioner and not named in FIR; bail on bond of Rs. 10,000 with one surety to the satisfaction of the arresting officer; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS; appearance before jurisdictional Court; State represented by Ld APP Aditi Shankar Chakraborty with Arjun Chowdhury.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted; petitioner Tapan Das enlarged on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000 with one surety to the satisfaction of the arresting officer, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) BNSS and a condition to appear on every date before the jurisdictional Court, failing which the jurisdictional Court may secure his presence including by cancelling the anticipatory bail without further reference to this Court.