Esob Sekh v. State Of West Bengal

11.10.2023 Serial no. 72 [G.S.D] CRR 3676 of 2023 In the matter of : Esob Sekh ... ... Petitioner Mr. Tanmoy Biswas Mr. Amit Roy Mr. Antara Mukherjee ... for the petitioner Mr. Madhu Sudan Sur Mr. Manoranjan Mahata ... for the State The petitioner is directed to serve a copy of this revisional application upon Mr. Manoranjan Mahata, ld. advocate, who ordinarily appears on behalf of the State. His appointment may be regularised by the concerned authority. Ld. advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 25th of December, 2022 i.e. for more than ten months and in spite of the charge-sheet being filed, charge, till date, has not been framed. Accordingly, the ld. Special Court being the ld. ADJ, 2nd Court, Berhampore, Murshidabad is directed to take steps so that the copies are supplied (if not already supplied) and overcome the stage of consideration of charges.

It has been submitted that there are 11 witnesses. Accordingly, the ld. Trial Court would fix a schedule consisting of three dates and fix such schedule in regular manner so that the trial of the case can be taken to its logical conclusion within a reasonable period of time. No unnecessary adjournment shall be granted to either of the parties.

Ld. Public Prosecutor conducting the case would produce the materials, documents and exhibits on the next date fixed for examination of the witnesses. All stakeholders would cooperate with the ld. trial court for concluding the trial at the earliest.

With the aforesaid observations, CRR 3676 of 2023 is disposed of.

Pending application is any, is also disposed of. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)