NDPS) No. 746 of 2023 · Calcutta High Court
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ss. 21(c), 37
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 439
Judgment
Mr. Somnath Adhikary … for the petitioner Mr. Madhu Sudan Sur, learned APP Mr. Manoranjan Mahata … for the State Heard the learned Counsels for the parties. Chemical examiner’s report is placed on record. Chemical report shows presence of codeine phosphate in the sample. Statements of witnesses and contemporaneous document i.e. seizure memorandum prima facie establish recovery of 5 liters of Codeine Mixture from the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid circumstances and statutory restrictions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The application for bail is, thus, rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.) 2
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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