Rajesh Seth & ORS v. State Of West Bengal & ANR

20.03.2025 Item No.30 Ct. No.07 RP CRR 2316 OF 2015 Rajesh Seth & Ors. vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. With IA No.CRAN 5 of 2017

1. This is an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 filed by the petitioner for quashing of the proceedings of Complaint Case No.460 of 2003 under Section 138/141 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 pending before the Court of the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Calcutta. The matter was taken up for hearing on 22nd July, 2015 when an interim order of stay was passed for a period of eight weeks, which was subsequently extended from time to time and lastly it was extended for a period of twelve weeks on 21st July, 2017. After that one application for extension of interim order was filed on 20th September, 2017 and since thereafter the never appeared in the list.

2. None appeared for the parties today.

3. The matter has been running in the Warning List since 20th February, 2025 and also before this Court for last one month.

4. In view of long pendency of the matter, this Court finds no reason to keep the matter pending. Hence, the criminal revisional application along with the connected application is dismissed for default.

5. Let a copy of this order be sent to the learned Court below for information.

[CHAITALI CHATTERJEE (DAS), J.]