Akhil Roy And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

NB 15.03.2022 CRR 762 of 2022 Ct. No. 39 In the matter of:- Akhil Roy & Ors. ...petitioners Mr. Debashis Brahma, Mr. Sagnik Mukherjee.

...for the petitioners.

Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Ms. Amita Gaur.

....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. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury and Ms. Amita Gaur, learned Counsels who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Let them represent the State. Their engagement may be regularised by the competent authority of the State in due course.

Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the accused in this case. They are in custody since 22.09.2020, the date on which the FIR was registered. A charge sheet was submitted in March 2021. In all, the prosecution intends to examine ten witnesses in this case. Charges were framed in 2021. However, till date not a single witness could be examined in this case. The matter has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioners.

Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of 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 petitioners and the State and have perused the revision petition.

It appears that some delay has been occasioned in concluding the trial, especially considering the fact that the petitioners are languishing in custody since 22.09.2020.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned Court is requested to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within a period of one year from the next date of hearing.

With the above 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.)