Md Titu Miyan v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.R. 324 of 2022 Court No.

Item 14 Ssi In the matter of:- Md. Titu Miyan 08.02.

(via video conference) Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty Mr. Shashanka Shekhar Saha ...for the petitioner Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Ms. Debjani Sahu ...for the State This is application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge-sheet was submitted under Section 21 (c) of the NDPS Act. Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee and Ms. Debjani Sahu, 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 for the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is an accused in this case. He is in custody since 12.02.2021 the date on which the FIR was lodged. Charge-sheet was submitted in May 2021 and the supplementary charge-sheet was submitted in July 2021. The prosecution intends to examine 9 witnesses in this case. Although several dates were fixed for framing of charge, till date, even charges could

not be framed. 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 some delay has been occasioned in concluding the proceeding in this case, especially considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 12.02.2021.

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 and in particular, to decide the question of framing of charge at the earliest, preferably within a period of three months from the next date of hearing. 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.)