Observing that the menace of drug trade is fast growing in West Bengal , the Calcutta supreme court has said that it can’t be tackled unless the investigating agency is diligent and is serious in taking appropriate steps against the larger players.
Rapping the state police for not properly probing the cases following arrests of couriers of medicine to seek out out kingpins of the narcotics trade, a division bench comprising justices Sanjib Banerjee and Aniruddha Roy observed that it appears that gaps are deliberately left for the larger fish to slide out.
The bench on Friday directed that a replica of the order within the present case of bail application of an accused be forwarded to the Chief Secretary of West Bengal and another to the state’s director-general of police for appropriate measures to be taken.
The division bench observed that it’s alarming that some matters are presented by the investigating agency in such how that the court has no option but to grant bail.
Unfortunately, for reasons that aren’t difficult to know , the investigating agency takes no steps to unearth any material against the larger players, the division bench said.
“In this case, there’s no independent material against this petitioner, though it’s quite likely that this petitioner could also be the kingpin of the racket,” the bench observed, adding that the courts cannot, however, pass impression and hard facts and material are necessary even to make a clear opinion
The court said that as far because the present petitioner Hiten Roy cares , since there’s no independent material against him aside from the alleged statement of an individual arrested upon being found in possession of medicine , the petitioner is entitled to bail.
The petitioner was directed to be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs 50,000 with two sureties of like amount, one among whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the acceptable court in Cooch Behar district.
