Kala Bhakta And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal

Court No.

Item 39 Ssi 08.04.

C.R.R. 1168 of 2022 In the matter of:- Kala Bhakta & anr..

(via video conference) Mr. Somnath Banerjee Mr. Pronojit Roy ...for the petitioners Mr. Imran Ali Mr. Dipankar Paramanick ...for the State This is an application challenging the issuance of warrant of arrest against the petitioners in a case where a charge-sheet was submitted under Sections 399 and 402 of the Indian Penal Code.

Let a copy of the application be served upon Mr. Imran Ali and Mr. Dipankar Paramanick, learned advocates, 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 were regularly attending the Court after being granted bail on 30.06.2017. Due to some miscommunication, they failed to take steps before the learned trial Court on a date fixed. A warrant of arrest was issued on 04.12.2021. The petitioners want to join the proceeding at the earliest.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that the petitioners should surrender before the learned trial Court immediately.

I have heard the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the State and have perused the revision petition. It appears that after being granted bail, the petitioners were attending the learned trial Court for sometime. For a day's absence before the learned trial Court, a warrant of arrest was issued against them. They want to join the proceeding at the earliest. In view of the above, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned trial Court within four weeks from this date. The warrant of arrest issued against them shall remain stayed for a period of four weeks from this date. In the event the petitioners surrender before the learned trial Court within such time and pray for bail, their application for bail shall be considered in accordance with law.

With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copies of this order may be delivered to the learned Advocates for the parties, if applied for, upon compliance of all formalities. (Jay Sengupta, J.)