Salim Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

CRR 1021 of 2022 Court No.

Item 24 tbsr 31.03.

In the matter of:- Salim Mondal Mr. Pronojit Roy ......for the petitioner Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Pratick Bose .....for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge was framed under Section 21(C) of the NDPS Act.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Sudip Ghosh and Mr. Pratick Bose, 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 09.04.2021, the date on which an FIR was lodged. A charge sheet was submitted in April, 2021 and a supplementary charge sheet was submitted in August, 2021. The prosecution intends to examine 9 witnesses in this case. On 18.11.2021, a charge was framed. Yet, till date not a single witness has been 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 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 this case, especially considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 09.04.2021.

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, 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.) .