Drug commerce can’t be tackled except the investigating company is diligent, courtroom mentioned. (File)
Kolkata:
Observing that the menace of drug commerce is quick rising in West Bengal, the Calcutta Excessive Court docket has mentioned that it can’t be tackled except the investigating company is diligent and is severe in taking acceptable steps in opposition to the larger gamers.
Rapping the state police for not correctly probing the instances following arrests of couriers of medication to seek out out kingpins of the narcotics commerce, a division bench comprising justices Sanjib Banerjee and Aniruddha Roy noticed that it seems that gaps are intentionally left for the larger fish to slide out.
The bench on Friday directed {that a} copy of the order within the current case of bail software of an accused be forwarded to the chief secretary of West Bengal and one other to the state’s director-general of police for acceptable measures to be taken.
The division bench noticed that it’s alarming that some issues are offered by the investigating company in such a method that the courtroom has no choice however to grant bail.
Sadly, for causes that aren’t obscure, the investigating company takes no steps to unearth any materials in opposition to the larger gamers, the division bench mentioned.
“Within the current case, there isn’t a impartial materials in opposition to the current petitioner, although it’s greater than possible that the current petitioner stands out as the kingpin of the racket,” the bench noticed, including that the courts can’t, nonetheless, go by impression and onerous information and materials are obligatory even to type a prima facie opinion.
The courtroom mentioned that so far as the current petitioner Hiten Roy is anxious, since there isn’t a impartial materials in opposition to him apart from the alleged assertion of an individual arrested upon being present in possession of medication, the petitioner is entitled to bail.
The petitioner was directed to be launched on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs 50,000 with two sureties of like quantity, considered one of whom should be native, to the satisfaction of the suitable courtroom in Cooch Behar district.
The petitioner won’t depart the district of Cooch Behar with out the prior permission of the trial courtroom, the division bench directed, including that Roy will attend each date fastened for trial and any unexplained absence will entitle the trial courtroom to cancel the bail.
Hiten Roy, alias Hiru, was arrested by Dinahata police in Cooch Behar district in January and was charged below numerous sections of the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Arms Act.
