10.07.2026 Sl. No.26. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/1584/2026 Bhigu Dutta @ Bhrigu Datta & Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Riaz Abedin, Mr. Asif Dewan, Mr. Mehedi Masud, Ms. Afreen Azad …for the petitioners In this application the petitioners have prayed for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of G.R.Case No.5326 of 2020 under Sections 498A/323/406//506/34 of the IPC read with Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act presently pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 3rd Court, Howrah. Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the complainant lodged the complaint against the petitioners on 20th November, 2020. After completion of investigation charge sheet has been submitted on 20th January, 2021 and thereafter charge has been framed against the petitioners under Sections 498A/34 IPC on 16.02.2022. Thereafter no witness could be examined and the proceeding is getting delayed year after year. He further submits that in order to drag the proceeding, the complainant has filed an application under Section 173(8) Cr.P.C. which has also not been disposed of by the Court below till date. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioners it appears that the prayer made by the petitioners is innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made in the application, the opposite party will have 2 no cause to prejudice and, as such, service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and that the prayer made by the petitioners is justified in view of the fact that the proceeding is pending for more than 6 years, the instant application being CRR 1584 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being G.R. Case No.5326 of 2020 and to make his best effort to conclude the proceeding preferably within a period of ten months from the next date of hearing. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. ( Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. )