Sujit Barman v. State Of West Bengal

NB 07.02.2022 CRR 82 of 2022 Ct. No. 39 In the matter of:- Sujit Barman ...petitioner Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty, Mr. S. S. Saha.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Ms. Debjani Sahu.

....for the State.

This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under Sections 21(C) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Arijit Ganguly and Ms. Debjani Sahu, learned Counsels who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Let them represent the State. Their engagement may be regularised by the competent authority of the State in due course. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is an accused in this case. He is in custody since 05.03.2020, the date on which the FIR was registered. A charge sheet was submitted in 2020. A supplementary charge sheet was also submitted in 2021. In all, ten witnesses are proposed to be examined as per the charge sheet. On 22.09.2021, charges were framed. However, till date, not a single witness has been examined in this case. The matter has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioner. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that the State would not come in the way if a direction is passed to expedite the proceeding.

I have heard the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the State and have perused the revision

petition.

It appears that some delay has been occasioned in concluding the trial, especially considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 05.03.2020.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned Court is requested to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within a period of one year from the next date of hearing. With the above observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)