Bijoy Das and Anr v. The State of Assam

PageoNo.#o1/3 GAHC010080582024 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oBailoAppln./1140/2024o BIJOYoDASoANDoANRo S/OoSANKARoCH.oDAS,o RESIDENToOFoVILLAGEoSURYAMANIoNAGAR,oPSoAMTALI,oDISToWESTo TRIPURA,oTRIPURA 2:oRAJoKUMARoSARKAR oS/OoFURoKISHORoSARKAR o RESIDENToOFoVILLAGEoBAJARoTILA oUTTARoKALAMoCHOWRA oPSoKALAMoCHOWRA oDISToSHIPAJANA oTRIPURo VERSUSo THEoSTATEoOFoASSAMo REPoBYoPPoASSAM AdvocateoforotheoPetitionerooooo:oMR.oAoCHAUDHURY,oMR.oDoBORA,MR.oNoMAHAJAN,MR.oPoKo DASo AdvocateoforotheoRespondento:oPP,oASSAM,oo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo BEFORE HONOURABLEoMRS.oJUSTICEoMALASRIoNANDI ORDERo Dateo:o15.10.2024 o oooooooooooooooo Heard 1 Mr. 1 N.Mahajan, 1 learned 1 counsel1 for 1 the 1 petitioner 1 and 1 Mr. Page No.# 2/3 B.Sharma, learned Addl.P.P. for the State respondent. By filing this petition under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C., the accused-petitioners, namely, 1. Bijoy Das and 2. Raj Kumar Sarkar have prayed for grant of bail in connection with Special Case No. 480/2024 (Golakganj P.S. Case No.40/2024) under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of NDPS Act pending in the court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dhubri. The trial court records is placed before the court. The matter relates to recovery and seizure of commercial quantity of ganja from the possession of the accused petitioners. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been languishing in judicial custody since 01.03.2024. Charge has been framed by the trial court on 09.09.2024. The last date was fixed on 03.10.2024 for evidence of witnesses but no witness is examined yet. Therefore, it is submitted that the trial court may be directed to expedite the trial of the case. The learned Addl.P.P. submits that direction may be given to the trial court to expedite the trial of the case. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and in view of the submission advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners, trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the case. This disposes of the bail application.

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