Calcutta High CourtCRR/528/2022disposed

Abbasuddin Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

2022-02-23Hon'Ble Justice Jay Sengupta2 pages

CRR 528 of 2022 (Via Video Conference) Court No.

Item 24 tbsr 23.02.

In the matter of:- Abbasuddin Mondal Ms. Malashree Ghosh .....for the petitioner Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Mr. Mirza Firoj Ahmed Begg .....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. Debabrata Chatterjee and Mr. Mirza Firoj Ahmed Begg, learned counsels, 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 an accused in this case. He is in custody since 04.11.2019, the date on which the FIR was lodged. A charge sheet was submitted in 2019 and a supplementary charge sheet was submitted in 2020. Prosecution intends to examine 8 witnesses in this case. On 11.11.2021 charges were framed. Yet, till date not a single witness

could be examined. 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 trial.

I have heard 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 this case, especially considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 04.11.2019. 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 next date of hearing.

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.)