Abhishek Mallick v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order of the High Court at Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri), Suvra Ghosh, J., dated 17.02.2026, allowing C.R.M. (A) 62 of 2026 for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC read with Section 482 BNSS 2023 in NDPS Act Sections 8(c)/21(c)/29 case. Court found the Section 37 NDPS statutory restriction rebutted because the petitioner's name surfaced only from a co-accused's statement and nothing was recovered from him. Bail bond Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties; conditions: weekly reporting to IO until charge sheet, and prayer for regular bail before jurisdictional Court within two weeks.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest, petitioner Abhishek Mallick to be released on bail on a bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer, subject to Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023, with conditions to meet the investigating officer once a week till submission of the charge sheet and to appear before the jurisdictional Court and pray for regular bail within two weeks; application disposed of and case diary to be returned.