Gouranga Desai v. Nipro India Corporation Pvt Ltd

03.04.2025 Item No.54 Ct. No.446 gd CRR/1219/2015 GOURANGA DESAI VS NIPRO INDIA CORPORATION PVT. LTD.

IA NO: CRAN/1/2015(Old No:CRAN/1986/2015) None appears on behalf of the parties.

This is an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by the petitioner for quashing of the proceeding of Case No.C-243 of 2013 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, pending before the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bidhannagar, North 24-Parganas.

The matter was taken up by the Coordinate Bench of this Court on 4th May, 2015 when direction was given to the petitioner to serve notice and copy of the application upon the opposite party by speed post and also was pleased to grant the order of stay for a period of eight weeks or until further order whichever is earlier. After that, vide an order dated 26th July, 2023 the department was directed to serve Administrative Notice since none appeared on behalf of the parties. Such notice was issued and compliance report was filed. Considering the same and the prayer of the learned advocate for the petitioner, the matter was adjourned on 25th

September, 2023 and on that date the Hon'ble Court directed the matter to go out of the list.

The matter is pending since 2015 and is running in the Warning List since 21.2.2025.

In absence of any extension of interim order after 2015, this court finds no reason to keep the matter pending.

Hence, the matter being CRR 1219 of 2015 stands dismissed for default.

Let a copy of this order be forwarded to the learned court of ACJM, Bidhannagar, North 24Parganas for necessary information. (CHAITALI CHATTERJEE (DAS), J.)