Thanda Bala Naskar v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.R. 257 of 2022 Court No.

Item 68 Ssi In the matter of:- Thanda Bala Naskar.

01.02.

(via video conference) Ms. Sonali Das ...for the petitioner Mr. Imran Ali Mr. M.F.A. Begg ...for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge-sheet was submitted under Sections 420, 468, 470, 471 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Imran Ali and Mr. M.F.A. Begg, learned advocates, who are present in Court today and who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Their engagement may be regularised in due course by the competent authority of the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the defacto-complainant in this case. She is about 90 years old. She had lodged an FIR as far back as in 2010. The petitioner claimed that the accused person prepared a forged document for selling out a property belonging to the petitioner. A charge sheet was submitted in this case on 25.01.2013 and even charges were framed in 2015. The charge-sheet was submitted citing 7

witnesses. Till date, the trial could not be concluded. Long dates are being fixed. The proceeding has remained pending for no fault of the present petitioner. Learned counsel for 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 an inordinate delay has been occasioned in disposing of the proceeding, especially considering the fact that the First Information Report was lodged way back in 2010.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, I request the learned trial Court to conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within a period of ten months from the resumption of the normal functioning of the Court. With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)