Tanmoy Roy v. The State Of West Bengal And ANR

12.06.2026 Serial no. 21 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR/5518/2025 In re : An Application under Sections 528 read with Section 529 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sureaksha Sanhita, 2023 -AndIn the matter of : TANMOY ROY ... ... Petitioner Mr. Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee, Sr. Adv., Mr. Supreem Naskar, Ms. Jayashree Patra, Advocates ... ... For the Petitioner.

1. Petitioner in this application has prayed for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being Sessions Case No. 443/2022 presently pending before the Court of learned Fast Track III Court at Barasat, North 24-Parganas.

2. Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was booked in connection with a proceeding under Sections 498A/323/307/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code on 26th April, 2017. After conclusion of investigation charge-sheet submitted on 30th September, 2017 and thereafter charge was framed after six years, i.e. on 19th August, 2023. Since then not a single witness has been examined and the petitioner who is a cancer patient is suffering a lot. Accordingly, he prayed for necessary direction upon the Court below.

3. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner it appears that the prayer made by the petitioner is innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made in the application the opposite parties will have no cause to prejudice and as such service of copy of application upon the opposite parties is dispensed with.

4. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and the submission made on behalf of the petitioner it appears that though the charge was framed after six years from the date of filing charge-sheet but since the framing of charge the trial has been stalled for last three years. Therefore, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice.

5. Having considered submissions made on behalf of petitioner the instant application being CRR/5518/2025 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being Sessions Case No. 443/2022 and to make his best effort to conclude the entire proceeding preferably within a period of six months from the next date of hearing without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

(Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)