Subrata Dey v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS bail rejected; 57 kgs ganja seized from exclusive possession of petitioner Subrata Dey; commercial quantity attracts rigor of Section 37 NDPS Act; bail under Section 439 CrPC/Section 483 BNSS 2023 dismissed; Nagerbazar PS case no. 172 of 2025 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/29 NDPS Act; petitioner in custody about eight months.
What did the court decide?
Since a commercial quantity of contraband (57 kgs of ganja allegedly seized from the exclusive possession of the petitioner) is involved, the rigor of Section 37 of the NDPS Act is attracted to the bail application. ¶9