Dinanjan Barman @ Dhiranjan Barman v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench (Jalpaiguri, printed 'Jalpairuri'); C.R.M. (NDPS) 349 of 2025; decided 03.11.2025 by Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. Bail application under Section 483 BNSS 2023 REJECTED. Offence: SS. 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 NDPS Act, 1985; Mathabhanga PS Case No. 325 of 2025 dated 04.05.2025; NDPS Case no. 503 of 2025. Charge-sheet submitted 29.10.2025. Commercial quantity 35.99 Kgs. ganja allegedly recovered from petitioner's possession (per seizure list/case diary). Petitioner claimed to be a toto driver lacking conscious possession. Court held petitioner failed to overcome Section 37 NDPS restrictions; application disposed of, no relief granted.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the case diary materials including the seizure list, the petitioner has failed to overcome the restrictions imposed in Section 37 of the NDPS Act; therefore the prayer for bail stands rejected.