Dulal Mohanta and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS bail application CRM (NDPS) 705 of 2025, decided 21.08.2025; S.37 NDPS rigour held inapplicable to petitioner nos. 1 (Dulal Mohanta) and 3 (Lal Bahadur Khatik) who overcame its restrictions — bail granted on Rs. 20,000 bond, two sureties of Rs. 10,000 each, confinement to Dakshin Dinajpur and weekly police reporting; petitioner no.2 (Ram Prosad Khatik) refused bail on CDR links with principal accused Jahangir Mondal; arrest on co-accused statement; charge sheet filed; 20,725 Buprenorphine ampoules recovered from third-party vehicle; no precedent cases discussed.
What did the court decide?
Bail allowed for petitioner no.1 Dulal Mohanta and petitioner no.3 Lal Bahadur Khatik upon furnishing a bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two registered sureties of Rs. 10,000/- each (one must be local), subject to satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Balurghat, and conditions: not to leave the geographical limit of District Dakshin Dinajpur without leave of the Trial Court, weekly reporting to the Officer-in-Charge/Inspector-in-Charge, Patiram Police Station, provision of mobile number to local police station, non-tampering with evidence, presence on all days of trial, and liberty to the court below to cancel bail on violation. Bail prayer of petitioner no.2 Ram Prosad Khatik rejected. Application disposed of (para 21).