Sk Sabir Ali v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

C.R.R. 1012 of 2022 Court No.

Item 7 Ssi In the matter of:- Sk. Sabir Ali 04.04.

Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Mr. Mufakkerul Islam Ms. Gazala Firdous Ms. Shaila Afrin Mr. Sk. Saidullah ...for the petitioner Mr. Arijit Ganguly Ms. Sujata Das ...for the State Although this is an application praying for quashing of a proceeding in which a charge-sheet was submitted under Sections 384 and 498A of the Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner would not press for the same and would pray for liberty to surrender before the learned trial Court within a stipulated time. Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Arijit Ganguly and Ms. Sujata Das, learned counsels, who are present in Court today and who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Their engagement may be regularized 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 was on bail and had attended

the Court for quite some time. On 18.02.2020 when the petitioner was absent without taking any steps, a warrant of arrest was issued against him. The same remains pending. The petitioner wants to join the proceeding at the earliest.

Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner should surrender before the learned trial Court at the earliest.

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 earlier the petitioner was on bail and it was because of not taking steps on a few occasions that a warrant of arrest was issued against him. However, the warrant of arrest has remained pending since February 2020.

In view of the above, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned trial Court within four weeks from this date.

In the event the petitioner surrenders before the learned trial Court within the stipulated time and prays for bail, his application for bail shall be considered in accordance with law.

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.)