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Pradip Das v. State of West Bengal

Calcutta HC22 Jan 2026CRM (NDPS)/128/2026

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What is this about?

NDPS bail; Section 21(b) NDPS Act; Section 483 BNSS 2023; heroin recovery 20.55 grams; Basirhat Police Station FIR No.1078 of 2025 dated 12.11.2025; investigation concluded, charge-sheet filed; quantum of recovery basis for bail; bond Rs.20,000/-; two sureties Rs.10,000/- each, one local; Special Court Barasat, North 24 Parganas; conditions: presence on all trial dates, no travel outside district without permission; C.R.M. (NDPS) 128 of 2026; allowed; Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; dated 22.01.2026.

What did the court decide?

Prayer for bail allowed; petitioner Pradip Das to be released on bail on bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local), subject to conditions of presence on every trial date and non-departure from North 24 Parganas district without prior permission of the learned special court. ¶14

Pradip Das Vs State of West Bengal — Narcotics (NDPS) | Calcutta HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, implicated for alleged recovery of 20.55 grams of heroin under Section 21(b) NDPS Act with investigation concluded and charge-sheet filed, ought to be released on bail.

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Court's answer

Considering the quantum of recovery, further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted.

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Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is to be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act-cum-learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 8th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas.

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Key takeaways

Bail conditions: the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of North 24 Parganas without the prior permission of the learned special court.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 granted to an accused arraigned in Basirhat Police Station FIR No.1078 of 2025 dated 12.11.2025 under Section 21(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for alleged recovery of 20.55 grams of heroin. Investigation had concluded and a charge-sheet had been submitted before the learned special court; the State opposed bail relying on the chemical examiner's report. Holding that, considering the quantum of recovery, further detention was unwarranted, the Court allowed the prayer for bail on a bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each (one local), to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act-cum-learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 8th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, subject to the petitioner's physical presence on every trial date and a bar on leaving the jurisdiction of North 24 Parganas without prior permission of the learned special court. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)

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Allowed

C.R.M. (NDPS) 128 of 2026

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In Re: An application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Basirhat Police Station FIR No.1078 of 2025 dated 12.11.2025 under Section 21(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985;

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Pradip Das Versus The State of West Bengal

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Ms. Malashree Ghosh.

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…for the petitioner.

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Mr. Avishek Sinha Ms. Rituparna Saha. …for the State.

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Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits

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that the petitioner has been implicated in connection with the instant case for alleged recovery of 20.55 grams of heroin and the investigation has been concluded and charge-sheet has been submitted before the learned special court.

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Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the chemical examiner’s report reflects regarding the presence of the contraband.

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Be that as it may, having considered the quantum of recovery, I am of the view that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted.

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Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. The petitioner, namely, Pradip Das shall be released on bail

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upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court, under NDPS Act-cum-learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 8^th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of North 24 Parganas without the prior permission of the learned special court.

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Accordingly, CRM (NDPS) 128 of 2026 is allowed.

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All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

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(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)

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