Calcutta High CourtCRR/1154/2022disposed

Hafijur Rahaman @ Habu v. State Of West Bengal

2022-04-26Hon'Ble Justice Jay Sengupta2 pages

CRR 1154 of 2022 Court No.

Item 14 tbsr 26.04.

In the matter of:- Hafijur Rahaman @ Habu Mr. Ivan Roy ......for the petitioner Mr. Imran Ali Md. Kutub Uddin .....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. Imran Ali and Md. Kutub Uddin, 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 09.05.2020, the date on which an FIR was lodged. A charge sheet was submitted in July, 2020 and a supplementary charge sheet was submitted in September, 2021.

The prosecution intends to examine 11 witnesses in this case. On 01.12.2021 charges were framed. Yet, till date a single witness could be 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 09.05.2020.

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.) .