Ohidul Rahaman And ORS v. State Of West Bengal

NB 25.01.2022 CRR 2711 of 2021 (via video conference) Ct. No. 39 In the matter of:- Ohidul Rahaman & Ors. ...petitioners Ms. Shabana Hasin.

...for the petitioners.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Ms. Manisha Sharma.

....for the State.

This is an application seeking an expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under Sections 22(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

Let a copy of this application be served upon Mr. Arijit Ganguly and Ms. Manisha Sharma, learned Counsels who ordinarily appear on behalf of the State. Let them represent the State. Their engagement may be regularised by the competent authority of the State in due course. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioners are in custody since 18.02.2020, the date on which the FIR was registered. A charge sheet was submitted citing fifteen prosecution witnesses. Cognizance was taken on August, 2020. Charges were framed. However, till date, only three witnesses could be examined in this case. The matter has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioners.

Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that the State would not come in the way if a direction is passed to expedite the proceeding.

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 concluding

the trial, especially considering the fact that the petitioners are in custody since 18.02.2020.

In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned Court is requested to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, preferably within a period of one year from the resumption of normal functioning of the learned Trial Court.

With the above 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.)