Runalaila Bibi v. State Of West Bengal
August 16, 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA AD-52 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Ct. 34 SG CRR 2983 of 2023 In the matter of: Runalaila Bibi ... petitioner Mr. Tapodip Gupta ... for the petitioner.
Mr. Neguive Ahmed Ms. Trina Mitra ... for the State.
Petitioner is directed to serve a copy of the revisional application upon Ms. Mitra, learned advocate, who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State. Her appointment may be regularised by the concerned authorities. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that in this case charge has already been framed on April, 2023. However, till date out of the 8 witnesses so relied upon by the prosecution, none of the witnesses have been examined. He also submits that the petitioner is in custodyfor about 1 year 4 months.
Having regard to the period of detention of the petitioner, I direct the learned trial court to fix a schedule consisting of 3 dates and such schedule be fixed at least in every 2 months, so that the trial of the case can be concluded at the earliest. In case any witness is absent without any reason, the trial court would immediately communicate with the superintendent of police of the
concerned district to take steps by ensuring the presence of the witnesses.
No unnecessary adjournment should be granted to the either of the parties.
Public Prosecutor conducting the case would make available all the necessary documents, statements, materials and exhibits on the date on which the witness would appear before the court. All stakeholders must cooperate with the court to complete the trial within a reasonable period of time.
With the aforesaid observations, CRR 2983 of 2023 is disposed of.
Pending application, if any, is consequently disposed of.
All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified copy of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance of such requisite formalities.
( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )