Satyaranjan Panda & ANR v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

17.03.2025 Item No.37 Ct. No.07 RP CRR 657 OF 2015 Satyaranjan Panda & Anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

1. None appears for the parties.

2. This is an application under Section 401/482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed by the petitioners for quashing of the proceeding as well as the order dated November 29, 2014 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Contai thereby taking cognizance of the case in connection with Charge Sheet no.223/2014 dated 25.07.2014 under Section 468/471/420 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The matter was taken up by a coordinate Bench of this Court on 27th March, 2015 when a direction was given upon the petitioners to serve a copy of the application upon the opposite party no.1/State through the learned Public Prosecutor, High Court, Calcutta and upon the opposite party no.2 by registered/speed post with acknowledgement card due and was further directed to pass an order of stay for a period of ten weeks after the ensuing summer vacation or until further order, whichever is earlier. The matter appeared thereafter on 4th April, 2022 when none appeared on behalf of the petitioners and opposite party no.2. However, the State was duly represented on that date. Direction was given to issue administrative notice through their concerned police station and the learned advocate for the State was directed to produce the case diary on the next in connection with Contail Police Station Case No.108 of 2010. The State was further directed to submit a status report regarding the stage of pendency of GR

Case No.459 of 2010. On 16th June, 2022 the administrative notice was received indicating service of notice on the opposite party no.2. On that date none appeared on behalf of the State and the opposite party no.2 and the matter was adjourned. Subsequently on 4th August, 2022 the learned advocate for the State could not produce the case and, accordingly, the matter was adjourned for production of case diary by the State. Since then the matter was not listed and the same is running in the warning list since 20th February, 2025.

4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in absence of any order extending the order of stay granted in favour of the petitioners, this Court is of the opinion that there is no need to keep the matter pending further. Hence, this application is dismissed for default.

5. All parties are directed to act on the server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of this Court.

6. Let a copy of this order be sent to the learned trial Court for information.

[CHAITALI CHATTERJEE (DAS), J.]