Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, CRM (A) 144 of 2026 (decided 19.03.2026, Jay Sengupta, J.) - rejection of anticipatory bail under S.438 CrPC / S.482 BNSS in an NDPS Act, 1985 case (S.20(a)(i)/29) arising from Sahebganj PS Case No.683/2024 dated 29.11.2024 involving alleged illegal poppy cultivation; charge sheet filed; refusal grounded in S.37 NDPS Act restrictions and case diary materials; State opposed bail contending petitioner owned the land of cultivation.
What did the court decide?
Having regard to the submissions, the other incriminating materials in the case diary and the restriction contained in Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this is not a fit case for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner. ¶13