Sumit Agarwal v. State Of West Bengal& ORS

03.03.2021 SB Ct. No.32 CRR 3206 of 2019 In the matter of :Sumit Agarwal Mr. Abhijit Sarkar Mr. Raja Biswas .... For the Petitioner Mr. Imran Ali Ms. Debjani Sahu ....For the State This is an application seeking expeditious disposal of a proceeding in which a charge sheet was submitted under Sections 304B, 306,307, 326, 498A of Indian Penal Code. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record. Despite service of notice upon the opposite parties, no one appears either on behalf of the State or on behalf of the private opposite parties.

Mr. Imran Ali and Ms. Debjani Sahu, learned counsels who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State are requested to appear in this matter. Their engagement may be regularised by the competent authority of the State in due course. A copy of the revisional application is served upon them in Court. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the de facto complainant and the brother of the victim in this case. Although the F.I.R. was lodged as far back as in 2015 and even the charge sheet was submitted in June 2015, till date the proceeding could not be concluded. The accused prayed for adjournments on several occasions and a date was fixed for framing of charge. The case

has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioner.

The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State submits that it will be in the interest of justice if a direction is passed to expedite the proceeding.

No prejudice would be caused to any one if a direction is passed for an expeditious disposal of the proceeding. I have heard the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the State and have perused the revision petition. It appears that some delay has been occasioned in concluding the proceeding.

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.

With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, is to be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Jay Sengupta, J.)