Sujay Banerjee @ Sujoy Banerjee And Others v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

12.06.2026 Serial no. 23 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR 2163 of 2026 In re : An Application under Sections 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 529 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sureaksha Sanhita, 2023 -AndIn the matter of : SUJAY BANERJEE @ SUJOY BANERJEE AND OTHERS ... ... Petitioners Mr. Arnab Mukherjee, Advocate ... ... For the Petitioners.

1. Petitioners are the husband, mother-in-law and sister-inlaw of the de facto complainant who were booked under Sections 498A/406 of Indian Penal Code on 26.02.2021 being Bhadreswar Police Station Case No. 75 of 2021 which is presently pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 2nd Court, Chandernagore. The Investigating Agency after completion of investigation submitted charge-sheet on 30th April, 2021. Since then for last five years the charge hearing has not been made and next date has been fixed on 24th December, 2026. Accordingly, the petitioners who are the accused persons have prayed for preponing a date for charge hearing and to make necessary direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the said proceeding.

2. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioners it appears that the prayer made by the petitioners are innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made in the application, the opposite parties will have no cause to prejudice and as such service of copy of application upon the opposite parties are dispensed with.

3. Having considered submissions made on behalf of the petitioners and that the charge hearing has been stalled for last five years, I find that the prayer made by the petitioners is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice.

4. In view of the above, the instant application being CRR/2163/2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to prepone the date of charge hearing and to fix a date for charge hearing in the month of August, 2026 after serving notice upon the parties and to conclude the charge hearing on that date or preferably within a period of 90 days thereafter.

(Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)