Manas De Munshi v. Sadhananda Mandal

Form J(1) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present :

The Hon'ble Justice Bibek Chaudhuri CRR 2624 of 2022 Manas De Munshi Vs.

Sadhananda Mandal Mr. Subhamoy Bhattacharya Mr. Shankar Mukherjee Mohammad Shamim Akhtar ..for the petitioner Item No. 04 Heard & Judgment on:

25.01.2023 Bibek Chaudhuri, J.

The instant matter is listed on the mentioning made by the learned advocate for the petitioner. It is clear from the order dated 3rd August, 2022 that the petitioner is burdened with a criminal case under the NDPS Act since 2003. Out of nine witnesses four witnesses have already been examined and the case is pending for examination of the remaining five witnesses.

It is submitted by the learned advocate for the petitioner that the NDPS Case No.12 of 2003 is fixed for trial on 3rd February, 2023. The petitioner prays for a direction upon the prosecution so that the remaining witnesses may be examined within a short period of time.

The opposite party, Narcotics Control Bureau is directed to produce at least three witnesses on the next date of hearing. The petitioner is directed to send gist of this order to the opposite party for compliance. Thereafter within one month the learned trial Judge shall continue the hearing of the case by examining the remaining witnesses and taking it to its logical conclusion.

With the above order, nothing remains in the instant revision. Accordingly, the instant revision is, thus, disposed of. (Bibek Chaudhuri, J.)