Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.) in CRM (NDPS) 315 of 2026, decided 19.02.2026: bail granted under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 483 BNSS, 2023 in Farakka Police Station Case No. 214 of 2025 (NDPS Case No. 99 of 2025) under Sections 21(c)/29 NDPS Act involving seizure of 800 bottles of phensedyl; custody of eight months fourteen days, framing of charges, and expected examination of 12 witnesses weighed; bail on Rs. 20,000 bond with two sureties of Rs. 10,000 each (one local) with conditions of attendance on all trial dates and non-departure from Murshidabad district.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner Ashim Talukdar released on bail upon furnishing 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-Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Berhampore, Murshidabad; subject to conditions of physical presence on every trial date and no departure from the district of Murshidabad without prior intimation to the Special Court.