Pankaj Kumar Das v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

Form J(1) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present :

The Hon'ble Justice Bibek Chaudhuri CRR 3381 of 2022 Pankaj Kumar Das Vs.

The State of West Bengal and Anr.

Mr. Satadru Lahiri Mr. Safdar Azam Mr. Syed Wasim Farkque Mr. Shirsha Dasgupta ...for the petitioner Item No.16 Heard & Judgment on:

21.09.2022 Bibek Chaudhuri, J.

The petitioner being an accused in a case under Sections 408/420 of the Indian Penal Code has approached this Court praying for invocation of the Court's power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and quash further proceedings in connection with

G.R. Case No.1222 of 2021 pending before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 6th Court at Calcutta.

It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the Investigating Officer submitted charge sheet against him, on the basis of an extra judicial confession which the petitioner denied to make. It is submitted by the learned advocate for the petitioner that the Investigating Officer failed to collect any offence, corroborating in nature to prove such extra judicial confession allegedly made by the petitioner. There is no documentation as to the admission of criminal misappropriation of money amounting to Rs. 13 lakhs. I have heard the learned advocate for the petitioner. I have also perused the materials and annexures filed with the instant revision. It is needless to say that the Investigating Authority has filed charge sheet against the petitioners on conclusion of evidence under Sections 408/420 of the Indian Penal Code.

charge by filing an application under Section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or at the time of trial.

At this stage, I do not find any merit in the instant revision and accordingly, the revisional application is summarily dismissed. (Bibek Chaudhuri, J.)