The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that claiming parity with the co-accused, Mofakkar, who was enlarged on bail by an order dated 19th June, 2024 passed by a Coordinate Bench in CRM (NDPS) 956 of 2024, the present petitioner may be granted anticipatory bail.

2. The learned Counsel for the State in usual fairness admits that the present petitioner is standing on the same footing as that of Mofakkar, who have been enlarged on bail on 19th June, 2024.

3. Under such circumstances, we are inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. Accordingly, we direct that in the event of arrest, the petitioner, namely, Avijit Mandal @ Sumon Mandal, shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.25,000/-, with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the arresting officer and also subject to the Signed By :

5. It is further directed that the petitioner shall appear before the learned Judge, Special Court, Additional District Judge, 4th Court at Malda in connection with NDPS Case No.16 of 2024 within two weeks from date.

6. Accordingly, the application for anticipatory bail is disposed of.

7. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Soumen Sen, J.) (Prasenjit Biswas, J.) Signed By :