Sujoy Mandal v. State Of West Bengal

06.05.2022 Sl.no. 55 Ct. No. 39 P.M.

C.R.R. 1157 OF 2022 Sujoy Mandal.

- vs - The State of West Bengal.

Mr. S. Chakraborti, Ms. S. Das ... for the petitioner Mr. Imran Ali, Ms. Rita Dutta ... for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under Section 498A, 325, 323, 506 of Indian Penal Code.

Let a copy of this application be served Mr. Imran Ali and Ms. Rita Dutta, 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 petitioner is an accused in this case. An FIR was lodged on 27.05.2017. Charge sheet was submitted soon thereafter. On 14.03.2019 charges were framed. Yet, till date not a single witness could be 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.

No prejudice will be caused if a direction to expedite the proceeding.

It appears that there is some delay in dealing with the proceeding. Especially considering the fact that the FIR was lodged way back in 2017.

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.)