Idrish Ali And Another v. State Of West Bengal

24.08.2023 Serial no. 7 [G.S.D] CRR 3068 of 2023 In the matter of : Idrish Ali & Anr.

... ... Petitioner Mr. A. Chakraborty ... For the Petitioner Mr. Anowar Hossain Ms. Ratna Ghosh ... For the State The petitioner is directed to serve a copy of this revisional application upon Ms. Ratna Ghosh, Learned Advocate, who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State. Her appearance may be regularised by the concerned authority. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that although charge were framed on 2nd of February, 2023, but, till date, none of the witnesses have been examined by the Learned Trial Court and no witness has been cited by the prosecution for proving its case.

Having regard to the fact that the petitioner has been in custody for more than seventeen months, I direct the Learned Trial Court to expedite the progress of the case, so that, a schedule be fixed consisting of three days and such schedule be fixed once in every sixty days for the trial to proceed.

In case, any witness is reluctant to appear, then, the Learned Trial Court would directly communicate with the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district, who would take all necessary steps for ensuring the appearance of the witnesses.

The Learned Public Prosecutor of the case would produce the materials, documents and exhibits on the date so fixed for examination of the witnesses. All the stakeholders would cooperate with the Learned Trial Court for concluding the trial.

With the above observations, CRR 3068 of 2023 is disposed of.

Pending application, if any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)