Raja @ Sk Raju v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; Section 482 Bharatiya Suraksha Nagarik Sanhita; Sections 21(b), 29 and 37 NDPS Act; NDPS offence; proclamation; order of attachment; absconding accused; case diary incriminating materials; statements of co-accused; Pukhuria Police Station Case No. 576 of 2024; CRM (A) 117 of 2026; Jay Sengupta, J.; order dated 09.02.2026. Relevant for research on refusal of pre-arrest bail in NDPS prosecutions where the applicant is a proclaimed offender/absconder facing attachment and the stringent Section 37 NDPS restriction; illustrates weight given to proclamation, attachment and prolonged abscondence notwithstanding reliance solely on co-accused statements.
What did the court decide?
Taking into account the other incriminating materials available in the case diary and the fact that a proclamation and an order of attachment had already been issued against the petitioner, the Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail.