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Guddu Sekh v. State of West Bengal

Calcutta HC21 Jan 2026CRM (NDPS)/1593/2025

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What is this about?

Bail rejected; NDPS bail; Guddu Sekh; CRM (NDPS) 1593 of 2025; CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025; bail order dated 19.12.2025; Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure 1973; Section 483 BNSS 2023; Sections 21(c), 25, 27A, 28, 29 NDPS Act; Berhampore Police Station Case No. 269 of 2024 dated 22.02.2024; NDPS Case No. 16 of 2024; Murshidabad; Special Court; court-in-charge to conduct trial; trial time schedule; Public Prosecutor; District and Sessions Judge Murshidabad; Calcutta High Court; Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; decided 21.01.2026; application dismissed.

What did the court decide?

Notwithstanding rejection of bail, the time schedule prescribed in the order dated 19.12.2025 in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025, together with the directions passed therein, applies to the present petitioner for the purposes of progress of the trial. ¶11

Guddu Sekh Vs State of West Bengal — Narcotics (NDPS) | Calcutta HC (2026)

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Outcome

Dismissed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner Guddu Sekh, an accused in NDPS Case No. 16 of 2024 (Berhampore Police Station Case No. 269 of 2024), is entitled to bail under Section 439 CrPC / Section 483 BNSS on his claim that he is covered by the order of bail dated 19.12.2025 passed in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025.

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Court's answer

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Ratio / Principle

The prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected at this stage, with the directions passed in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025 on 19.12.2025.

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Key takeaways

Since the presiding officer of the trial court is not available, the learned court-in-charge of the said Special Court/trial court will continue with the trial in the mode and manner directed in the order dated 19.12.2025 in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025.ratio¶16
The State is to communicate this order through the learned Public Prosecutor to both the learned District and Sessions Judge, Murshidabad and the learned Special Court concerned.ratio¶17

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Calcutta High Court (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.), CRM (NDPS) 1593 of 2025, decided 21.01.2026 — Bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 by Guddu Sekh, an accused in NDPS Case No. 16 of 2024 arising out of Berhampore Police Station Case No. 269 of 2024 dated 22.02.2024 under Sections 21(c)/25/27A/28/29 of the NDPS Act. The petitioner's only ground was that he stood covered by the order of bail dated 19.12.2025 passed in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025. The Court rejected the prayer for bail at this stage, but directed that, for the progress of the trial, the same time schedule and directions of the order dated 19.12.2025 in CRM (NDPS) 1275 of 2025 would apply to this petitioner, and dismissed the application. As the presiding officer of the Special Court/trial court was reported unavailable, the learned court-in-charge was directed to continue the trial in the mode and manner directed in the order dated 19.12.2025; the State was to communicate the order through the learned Public Prosecutor to the learned District and Sessions Judge, Murshidabad and the learned Special Court concerned.

Guddu Sekh v. State of West Bengal

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