Calcutta High CourtCRR/4277/2025disposed

Soumendu Adhikari v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

2025-09-26Hon'Ble Justice Uday Kumar3 pages

26.09.25 S.D Item no.194 Ct No.22

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction CRR 4277 of 2025 Soumendu Adhikari -VsState of West Bengal & Anr.

Mr. Billwadal Bhattacharyya, Sr. Advocate Mr. M. Mukherjee Ms. Sagnika Banerjee Mr. T. Pramanick Mr. Koustav BHattacharyya ...For the Petitioner.

1. The present application, designated CRR 4277 of 2025, is preferred by the petitioner primarily seeking the expeditious disposal of the pending criminal proceeding in connection with TR(P & C) 2 of 2023. This proceeding arises out of Contai Police Station Case No. 265 of 2022 dated 29th June, 2022, concerning serious economic offences under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

2. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that despite a previous direction issued by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 29th January, 2025, in WPA 10780 of 2023, there has been no substantial progress in the criminal proceeding.

3. The petitioner specifically seeks a direction for the expedited hearing and disposal of her application, dated 12th February, 2025, filed under Section 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), seeking the de-freezing of her bank account in connection with the aforementioned

TR(P & C) 2 of 2023.

4. Having considered the submission of the learned advocate and noting the delay in the disposal of the petitioner's application for the de-freezing of her bank account, which is a matter touching the petitioner's rights to property, I deem it appropriate to issue a specific time-bound direction to the Trial Court.

5. The learned Judge, Purba Midnapore, presiding over TR(P & C) 2 of 2023, is hereby directed to proceed with the hearing and final conclusion of the petitioner's application under Section 451 of the Cr.P.C. for the de-freezing of the bank account.

6. The said application shall be disposed of as early as possible, and preferably within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order, expeditiously and without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either party.

7. In view of the specific direction issued to the Trial Court, no further order is required in this revisional application.

8. Accordingly, CRR 4277 of 2025 is disposed of.

9. There shall be no order as to costs.

(Uday Kumar, J.)