Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side)
Psychotropic Substances Act vs In Re : Utpal Barman on 5 March, 2026
Author: Tirthankar Ghosh
Bench: Tirthankar Ghosh
05.03.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
Item No.28 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
Ct.No.35
dc.
Allowed
C.R.M. (NDPS) 85 of 2026
In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in
connection with Balurghat Police Station Case No. 414 of
2025 dated 21.06.2025 under Sections
21(c)/22(c)/23(c)/25/27A/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
And
In Re : Utpal Barman
… Petitioner.
Mr. Kaushik Choudhury,
Mr. Dwaipayan Panda,
Mr. Tridib Das
… For the Petitioner.
Mr. Bitasok Banerjee,
Ms. Pallavi Priyadarshee
… For the State.
Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits
that the petitioner has been implicated on the basis of
statement of co-accused from whom 148 bottles of phensedyl
were recovered and petitioner is in custody for 60 days.
Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other
hand, opposes the prayer for bail.
Having considered that petitioner has been implicated
on the basis of statement of co-accused, I am inclined to
release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of
the petitioner is allowed.
Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Utpal Barman shall be
released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with
two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be
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local, to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court
under the NDPS Act-cum-Additional District Judge, 3rd
Court, Dakshin Dinajpur at Balurghat,.
If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on
each and every date so fixed by the learned Special Court
and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Dakshin
Dinajpur without prior permission of the learned Special
Court.
The application for bail, being CRM (NDPS) 85 of 2026,
is, thus, disposed of.
All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of
this order duly downloaded from the official website of this
Court.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied
for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all
requisite formalities.
(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)