Ashadul Mandal @ Asadul Mondal @ Pocha v. the State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS bail rejected; Section 37 NDPS Act statutory restriction; contraband above commercial quantity; search and seizure not videographed; Section 483 BNSS 2023 bail application; Tufanganj Police Station case no. 29 of 2025; Ashadul Mandal @ Asadul Mondal @ Pocha; CRM (NDPS) 580 of 2025; Calcutta High Court, Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench; Suvra Ghosh, J.; order dated February 20, 2026; case diary returned.
What did the court decide?
Contraband substance above commercial quantity having been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, in view of the statutory restriction laid down under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the prayer for bail is rejected at this stage. ¶12