Kalpana Chowdhury & ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

17.03.2025 Ct. No.7 SL. No.28 PG/KS C.R.R. 490 of 2015 Smt. Kalpana Chowdhury & Ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

This is an application under Section 482/401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing of the proceedings being, A.C. No.168 of 2014 filed by the complainant under Sections 323/ 379/ 504/ 506/ 34/ 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

The matter was taken up by the Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court on April 22, 2015 when direction was given to the petitioners to serve notice and copy of the application on the opposite party/State through the learned Public Prosecutor and opposite party no.2 by Speed Post with acknowledgement due. No interim order was granted. On June 23, 2022, when none appeared before the Hon'ble Court and direction was given to issue administrative notice to the petitioners through their concerned police stations informing them that the matter will be taken up on July 18, 2022. The order was duly complied with, but since thereafter, the matter never appeared in the list and one Vakalatnama was filed on November 10, 2022 on behalf of the petitioners.

Today, none appears on behalf of the parties. The matter was running in the Warning List since February 20, 2025.

In view of the long pendency of the matter and as none appears on behalf of the parties before this Court today, this Court is of the view that there is no reason to keep the matter pending further. Accordingly, criminal revisional application being, C.R.R. 490 of 2015 stands dismissed for default.

Let a copy of this order be sent to the Court below by the Department forthwith.

All parties are directed to act on the server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of this Hon'ble Court. (Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), J.)