Sajal Halder And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

CRR 1000 of 2022 Court No.

Item 60 tbsr 31.03.

In the matter of:- Sajal Halder & Ors.

Mr. Sumanta Das ......for the petitioners Mr. Imran Ali Mrs. Debjani Sahu .....for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge was framed under Sections 21(C) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Imran Ali and Mrs. Debjani Sahu, 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 petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the accused in this case. They are in custody since 27.10.2020, the date on which an FIR was lodged. A charge sheet was submitted in January, 2022. The prosecution intends to examine 6 witnesses in this case. On 24.02.2022, charges were framed. Yet, till date not a single witness has been examined. The proceeding has remained pending for no fault of the present petitioners. 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 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 this case, especially considering the fact that the petitioners are in custody since 27.10.2020.

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 one year from 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.) .