Dibyanga Tripathi And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal Aand ANR.

CRR 1160 of 2022 Court No.

Item 15 tbsr 26.04.

In the matter of:- Dibyanga Tripathy & Anr.

Mr. Apalak Basu Mr. Sagnik Chatterjee Mr. Arkadipta Sengupta ......for the petitioners Mr. Bidyut Roy Ms. Sujata Das .....for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under Section 498A of the Penal Code. Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Bidyut Roy 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 regularised in due course by the competent authority of the State. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the accused in this case. They are the father-in-law and brother-in-law of the de facto complainant/opposite party no.2. An FIR was lodged in 2007 and charge sheet was filed in 2008. In 2009, charges were framed. After that several opportunities were given to the de facto complainant to adduce evidence. At least four dates were fixed as last chance for the de facto complainant to adduce evidence. Yet, she prayed for adjournments.

The matter 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. For an FIR that was lodged in 2007 and a charge sheet that was filed in 2008, the proceeding ought to have been concluded by now. There is an inordinate delay in dealing with the matter.

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.) .