Roshan Shankar v. the State of West Bengal
Bail – NDPS Act – statutory restriction under S.37 – commercial quantity
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS bail rejection; Section 37 NDPS statutory restriction; commercial quantity recovery; Section 483 BNSS 2023 bail application; custody exceeding one year; charge not framed; charge sheet submitted; earlier bail refused 03.07.2025; direction to trial Court to expedite trial; CRM (NDPS) 550 of 2025; Roshan Shankar; Bhaktinagar Police Station case no. 1134 of 2024 dated 4/12/2024; Sections 21(C)/25/29 NDPS Act; High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri; Suvra Ghosh, J.; order dated February 18, 2026; Case Diary to be returned.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner; bail rejected at this stage. Learned trial Court directed to consider the charges on the next date fixed before him and take the trial to its logical conclusion as expeditiously as possible; Case Diary to be returned. ¶10