No. 111 of 2023 · Calcutta High Court
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ss. 21(c), 22(c), 23(c), 27A, 37
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 439
Key paragraphs
- Para 44. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)
Judgment
Mr. Ujjal Ray Sk Abdur Rahim Mr. B K Ray Mr. Antyarikshya Basu …… for the petitioners …… for the State
Chemical examiner’s report is placed on record. Sample tested positive to codeine phosphate. Materials on record show recovery of 3836 bottles of codeine phosphate above commercial quantity from the petitioner.
Under such circumstances and in view of the statutory restrictions under section 37 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.
Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.