Partha Krishna Saha And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

CRR 2689 of 2021 Court No.

Item 39 tbsr 07.03.

In the matter of:- Partha Krishna Saha & Ors. Mr. Arnab Chatterjee Mr. Krishnendu Bhadra .....for the petitioners Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Mr. Imran Ali Mr. M.F.A. Begg .....for the State This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge-sheet was submitted under Sections 406 and 498A read with Section 34 of the Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Imran Ali and Mr. Mirza Firoz Ahmed Begg, learned counsels, who are present in court today and who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Their engagement may be regularised in due course by the competent authority of the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are the husband and the in-laws of the de facto complainant/opposite party no. 2. The FIR in this case was lodged way back in 2013. A charge sheet was also submitted in 2013. In 2015 charges were framed in this case. The prosecution proposes to examine eight

witnesses. However, till date only one out of such eight witnesses could be examined in this case. The proceeding has remained pending for no fault of the present petitioners.

Learned counsel for the State submits that the State would not come in the way if a direction is passed to expedite the trial.

I have heard the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the State and have perused the revision petition. It appears that some delay has been occasioned in this case, especially considering the fact that the FIR was lodged long time ago in the year 2013.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, I request the learned trial court to conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within a period of one year from next date of hearing.

With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order may be supplied to the parties expeditiously, if applied for. (Jay Sengupta, J.)