Kalu Sk v. State Of West Bengal

C.R.R. No.2557 of 2021 (Via Video Conference) D/L 25 December 23, 2021 Bpg.

In Re: An application under Section 482 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Raninagar Police Station Case No.153 of 2019 dated 17.03.2019 under Section 21(c) of the NDPS Act;

Kalu Sk.

Versus

The State of West Bengal Ms. Shabana Hasin.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Md. Anwar Hossain, Mr. Mirza Firoj Ahmed Begg.

...for the State.

Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 17th March, 2019 and till date no witness has been examined and the next date has been fixed for evidence in the month of March, 2022.

Mr. Mirza Firoj Ahmed Begg, learned advocate, who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State, is directed to appear in this matter to assist the Court. His appointment may be regularised by the concerned authorities.

In view of the fact that the petitioner is in custody for more than 33 months, I direct the learned trial court to fix schedule of three dates and such schedule should be fixed on each and every 45 days for expeditious disposal of the trial of the instant case. No unnecessary adjournment should be granted to either of the parties

and schedule/date should be fixed only after the public prosecutor conducting the case assures the court regarding the availability of the witnesses.

With the aforesaid observations, CRR 2557 of 2021 is disposed of.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)