Samrat Bhowmik v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

NB 11.01.2021 CRR 66 of 2021 Ct. No. 32 In the matter of:- Samrat Bhowmik ...petitioner Mr. Mritunjoy Halder ...for the petitioner.

This is an application seeking expeditious disposal of a proceeding under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the complainant in this case. Although the petition of complaint was lodged in 2017, till date the proceeding has not been disposed of. Even the trial has not started. The proceeding has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioner. I have heard the submissions of the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and have perused the revision petition and a copy of the order sheet appended to the petition.

No prejudice will be caused to anyone, if a direction for expeditious disposal is passed in this case.

It appears from the order sheet that at least on some occasions even the complainant had prayed for adjournment. However, the proceeding has remained pending for quite sometime. It will be in the interest of justice that the same is expedited.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned Trial Court is requested to conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties and keeping in mind the statutory stipulations about the expeditious disposal of a case under the said Act.

With these 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.)