Noorjamal Mondal @ Noor Jamal v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.R.1356 of 2023 D/L39 13.06.2023 Bpg.

In Re: An application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;

Noorjamal Mondal @ Noor Jamal

Versus

The State of West Bengal Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Ms. Poulami Bose.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Ld. P.P., Mr. Sandip Chakraborty.

...for the State.

Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to serve a copy of the revisional application upon Mr. Sandip Chakraborty, learned advocate, who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State. His appointment may be regularised by the concerned authorities. Petitioner is aggrieved by the progress of the NDPS Case No.61 of 2022. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that there are 21 witnesses on which the prosecution proposes to rely in support of its case out of which 16 are departmental witnesses and 4 are independent witnesses. Learned advocate has also expressed his anxiety for the petitioner being in custody from 9th August, 2022.

Having regard to the series of witnesses who are to be examined, I direct that the learned trial court would fix a schedule consisting of three dates and such schedule be fixed on each and every 60 days so that the trial can be taken to its logical conclusion

within a reasonable period of time. No unnecessary adjournment should be granted to either of the parties. In case any witnesses belong to Government Department are absent, the learned special court would immediately issue notice to the office of the Superintendent of Police, Nadia who is maintaining a register regarding the progress of NDPS cases. The public prosecutor conducting the case should ensure regarding the production of the materials, exhibits and documents available on the dates so fixed for examination of the witnesses. All stakeholders should cooperate with the learned trial court so that the trial is concluded at the earliest.

With the aforesaid observations, CRR 1356 of 2023 is disposed of.

Pending application, if any, is consequently disposed of. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)