IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak

And

The Hon’ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi

C.R.M.S.P.L. 35 of 2025

IA NO: CRAN/1/2025

Union of India, Narcotics Control Bureau, Kolkata Zonal Unit

vs.

Sambhu Verma

For the Appellant : Mr. Arun Kumar Maiti (Mohanty), Advocate

Mr. R.R. Mohanty, Advocate

Mr. Priyankar Ganguly, Advocate

For the opposite

Party : Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee, Advocate

Heard & Judgment on : 21.08.2025

DEBANGSU BASAK, J.:-

1. Appellant seeks to prefer an appeal against the judgment of acquittal

passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge cum Judge, Special

Court under NDPS Act, Howrah, in T.R. (N.D.P.S.) Case No.07 of 2016.

2. Learned advocate appearing for the appellant submits that, there is a

delay of 111 days in making and filing the appeal. Consequently,

appellant filed an application for condonation of delay.

3. Relying upon 2024 INSC 125 (Mohd Abaad Ali & Anr. Vs. Directorate of Revenue Prosecution Intelligence) learned advocate appearing for the appellant submits that, Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 stands attracted in case of an application under Section 378 of the Criminal Procedure Code. He s