News:2025-03-28/Policy/calcutta-high-court-refuses-bail-in-a-148-5-kg-cannabis-case-and-sets-out-when-interim-bail-may-run-in-ndps-ma

News record28 March 2025Policy

Calcutta High Court refuses bail in a 148.5 kg cannabis case and sets out when interim bail may run in NDPS matters

SCC Online reported that a division bench of the Calcutta High Court refused bail to a petitioner in a case reported as Hero Sarkar v Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine Cal 2659, decided on 28 March 2025. According to the report the Narcotics Control Bureau raided the petitioner's house on 22 August 2023 acting on source information and seized 148.5 kg of cannabis, which the report describes as well above the commercial quantity threshold, and the petitioner was arrested on 26 August 2023. The court cited prima facie incriminating material and found no sufficient ground to believe the petitioner was not guilty or unlikely to reoffend. The bench also set out that interim bail may be granted in NDPS cases where a trial cannot be completed within a short period, that such bail may be reconsidered periodically, and it directed the trial court to expedite proceedings. The source does not state where the seizure took place, so this record covers the ruling and not the underlying seizure.

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Date28 Mar 2025

CategoryPolicy

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaKolkata

LocalityCalcutta High Court

AgencyCalcutta High Court

Coordinates22.57, 88.34

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2025-03-28 Policy Calcutta High Court refuses bail in a 148.5 kg cannabis case and sets out when interim bail may run in NDPS matters SCC Online reported that a division bench of the Calcutta High Court refused bail to a petitioner in a case reported as Hero Sarkar v Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine Cal 2659, decided on 28 March 2025. According to the report the Narcotics Control Bureau raided the petitioner's house on 22 August 2023 acting on source information and seized 148.5 kg of cannabis, which the report describes as well above the commercial quantity threshold, and the petitioner was arrested on 26 August 2023. The court cited prima facie incriminating material and found no sufficient ground to believe the petitioner was not guilty or unlikely to reoffend. The bench also set out that interim bail may be granted in NDPS cases where a trial cannot be completed within a short period, that such bail may be reconsidered periodically, and it directed the trial court to expedite proceedings. The source does not state where the seizure took place, so this record covers the ruling and not the underlying seizure. https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/04/02/calcutta-high-court-denies-ndps-bail-interim-detention-legal-news/ India West Bengal Kolkata Calcutta High Court 22° 34' 12.00" N, 88° 20' 24.00" E Calcutta High Court