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Shri.Raju Golder v. the State

Bail – modification of conditions

Calcutta HC9 Jul 2025CRM(NDPS)/5/2025

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CRM(NDPS)/5/2025, High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair, Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J., decided April 16, 2026. CRAN/2/2026 (bail condition modification, NDPS offence) allowed on contest: monthly reporting at Aberdeen Police Station substituted with weekly reporting at Hut Bay Police Station for the duration of trial; court observed that the purpose of bail conditions is to enable tracking of the accused during trial, noting completion of investigation, filing of charge sheet and pendency of trial.

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Application CRAN/2/2026 allowed on contest; bail conditions modified so that the petitioner shall report once in a week to the Hut Bay Police Station throughout the period of trial and make himself available to attend the trial as and when directed by the Trial Court. ¶24

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Issue for consideration

Whether the bail condition requiring the petitioner to report once in a month at Police Station Aberdeen should be further modified to require reporting at Hut Bay Police Station instead.

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Court's answer

The purpose of imposing a condition for grant of bail is to ensure that the petitioner can be tracked during the trial.

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Ratio / Principle

Since the petitioner is no longer in a position to come to Port Blair and attend the Aberdeen Police Station once in a month, the ends of justice would be sub-served if he reports regularly before the Hut Bay Police Station.

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Key takeaways

CRAN/2/2026 is allowed on contest and the conditions of bail are modified to require the petitioner to report once in a week to the Hut Bay Police Station throughout the period of trial and to make himself available to attend the trial as and when directed by the Trial Court.ratio¶24

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Bail - modification of conditions - NDPS case. Petitioner, a co-accused, was granted bail by order dated July 09, 2025 on condition of attending Hut Bay Police Station every alternate day; the condition was modified on November 06, 2025 to attendance at Aberdeen Police Station (Port Blair) once a month. The petitioner, unable to travel to Port Blair for work and required to care for his partially blind father, sought a further modification to reporting at Hut Bay Police Station. Held: the purpose of imposing a bail condition is to ensure that the accused can be tracked during the trial; investigation was complete, charge sheet filed and trial in progress. Application allowed on contest: petitioner to report once in a week to Hut Bay Police Station throughout the trial and to remain available to attend trial as directed by the Trial Court.

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA [ CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR ]

CRM(NDPS)/5/2025

IA No. CRAN/2/2026

Shri Raju Golder

Vs.

The State

Mr. D. Ilango ... for the petitioner

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Mr. Sumit Kumar Karmakar … for the State

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April 16, 2026 [SR] Item No.19

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Re: CRAN/2/2026

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The present application for modification of the conditions of bail has been moved by one of the co-accused persons in a proceeding arising out of an offence under the NDPS Act.

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By the initial order granting bail dated July 09, 2025, one of the conditions imposed was, if on bail, the accused person would attend the Police Station at Hut Bay on every alternate day as he is a permanent resident of Hut Bay and whenever he intends to go out of Hut Bay to attend the Court at Mayabunder he would inform the Station House Officer at Hut Bay and with the permission of the Station House Officer, he will leave the place.

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Since the petitioner was working in Port Blair and had to regularly leave Hut Bay for his work, a relaxation of the said condition was sought subsequently. Pursuant thereto, on November 06, 2025, the initial condition of bail was modified to the

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effect that the petitioner shall attend the Police Station at Aberdeen once in a month until further orders.

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Such modification was sought in the context of the initial condition which permitted the petitioner to leave Hut Bay only to attend the Court and not to attend his work place. 5. In paragraph no. 11 of the modification application, the petitioner has averred that due to partial blindness of his father owing to an eye disease, the petitioner now requires to remain by the side of his father. Furthermore, it has been contended that due to the above condition, the petitioner is unable to come to Port Blair any more to do his work and earn his livelihood.

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Under such circumstances, due to such subsequent development, the petitioner seeks a further modification of the condition of bail to the effect that he is to be required to report to the Hut Bay Police Station instead of Police Station Aberdeen whenever he leaves the jurisdiction of Hut Bay or even otherwise. 7. Upon hearing learned counsel for both sides and in view of the averments made in the application, to which no specific controversy has been raised on facts, the Court is of the opinion that the purpose of imposing a condition for grant of bail is to ensure that the petitioner can be tracked during the trial, particularly keeping in view the serious nature of the offences under the NDPS Act.

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However, since the petitioner is no longer in a position to come to Port Blair and to attend regularly the Aberdeen Police Station once in a month, the ends of justice would be sub-served if

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the petitioner is directed to report regularly before the Hut Bay Police Station.

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The Court also takes into consideration the fact that the investigation is complete and a charge sheet has already been filed and the trial is now in progress.

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Accordingly, CRAN/2/2026 is allowed on contest, thereby modifying the conditions of bail granted to the petitioner, as initially imposed on July 09, 2025 and subsequently modified on November 06, 2025, to the extent that the petitioner shall now, as a condition of bail, report once in a week to the Hut Bay Police Station throughout the period of trial and shall make himself available to attend the trial as and when so directed by the Trial Court.

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Urgent Photostat certified copies of the judgment, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

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( Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. )

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