16.07.2026 Sl. No.16. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/2812/2026 Manoranjan Mohapatra Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mrs. Pampa Dey ( Dhabal), Mr. Bioswarup Chatterjee …for the petitioner In this application, the petitioner has prayed for expeditious disposal of B.G.R. Case No.3557 of 2024 arising out of Budge Budge Police Station Case No.178 of 2024 under Sections 354C/354D/506 of the Indian Penal Code pending before learned 4th Judicial Magistrate, Alipore. Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that on 30th June, 2024, the criminal proceeding was initiated and thereafter police submitted charge-sheet after completion of investigation on 30th September, 2025. Thereafter the charge was framed against the accused/petitioner on 21st February, 2025. Thereafter recording of evidence of the prosecution witnesses was fixed on 08.08.2025 but since then not a single witness could be examined so far and, as such, the trial is getting delayed abnormally which violates the petitioner’s fundamental right of speedy trial guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, he prayed for necessary direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the said proceeding. 2 Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and 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 party will have no cause to prejudice and, as such, service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having considered submission made on behalf of the petitioner and that after framing of charge about one and half years have already been passed but the recording of evidence not yet started, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. In view of above, the instant application being CRR 2812 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the said proceeding and to make his best effort to conclude the entire proceeding preferably within a period of six 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. )