Masud Ali v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Masud Ali; C.R.M. (NDPS) 666 of 2025; bail under S.483 BNSS / S.439 CrPC; NDPS Case No. 04 of 2023; Kaliachak PS Case No. 1439 of 2021; S.21(C)/29 NDPS Act; S.27A Drugs and Cosmetics Act; 150 bottles codeine phosphate cough syrup; name from co-accused statement; 185 days custody; co-accused on bail; absconded three years one month; writ of proclamation and attachment; de novo trial; S.313 CrPC stage; bail rejected; trial to conclude within three months; liberty to renew bail prayer; Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.; order dated 24.07.2025.
What did the court decide?
Bail prayer rejected; trial court requested to conclude the de novo trial preferably within three months from the next date of hearing; petitioner at liberty to renew his bail prayer if no substantial progress in trial during that period; both parties directed to communicate the order to the Trial Court at once.