Meghnath Mandal And Others v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

05.07.2024 rc/ct.no.34 Item No.22 CRR No. 1790 of 2024 with CRAN No. 1 of 2024 In the matter of : Meghnath Mandal & Ors.

.......Petitioners Mr. Sudipto Maitra Mr. Vijay Verma Mr. Rameshwar Sinha Mr. Nikhil Kr. Gupta ...for the Petitioners Mr. Pawan Kumar Gupta Mr. Sougata Mitra Ms. Sofia Nesar Mr. Santanu Sett Ms. Soma Chakraborty ....for the O.P.No.2 Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. P.P.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Soumadip Saha ...for the State Perused the Case Diary.

Report submitted by the State is taken on record. It appears from the statement of the opposite party/ defacto complainant recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the declaration of the accused before the Investigating Officer that the dispute has been amicably settled between the parties and the opposite party/ defacto complainant does not intend to proceed with the matter any further. In view of the above, this Court is of the view that proceeding with the matter shall only be a futile exercise. Accordingly CRR No. 1790 of 2024 along with CRAN No. 1 of 2024 is allowed.

The proceeding being G.R.Case No. 2210 of 2023 pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purulia be quashed. This Court is informed that during pendency of the application the 1st petitioner has been arrested and is still in custody. The 1st petitioner is at liberty to pray for his release before the learned trial court in terms of this order. Case Diary be returned.

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

(Suvra Ghosh,J)