Aneesh Agrawal v. State Of West Bengal

04.02.2022 SB Ct. No. 39 CRR 311 of 2022 In Re : Aneesh Agarwal Mr. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh Ms. Sompurna Chatterjee ... for the petitioner Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Ld. P.P.

Mr. Imran Ali Mr. Palash Ch. Majhi .... for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under sections 279 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the accused in this case. The F.I.R. was lodged in 2011. A charge-sheet was submitted way back in 2012. In 2012 charges were framed. Five witnesses were proposed to be examined in course of the trial. Till date three witnesses out of five have been examined. The impugned proceeding has remained pending for no fault on the part of the petitioner. The petitioner has also been permitted to appear through counsel. However, the pendency of the proceeding since 2011 is causing severe mental agony to the petitioner. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that State would not come in the way if a direction is passed for an expeditious disposal of the proceeding.

I have heard the submissions of the learned counsels for the appearing for the petitioner and the State and have perused the revision petition.

It is true that petitioner has been exempted from personal appearance before the learned Trial Court. However, pendency of a trial for nearly eleven years is quite irregular. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned Trial Court is requested to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within six months from the next date of hearing.

With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties, upon completion of requisite formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)