16.07.2026 Serial no. 05 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR 2369 of 2026 TUHIN SANKAR BHATTACHARJEE -VS- STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR. Mr. Souma Subhra Ray, Mr. Arijit Roy, Ms. Neelam Kumari, Ms. Priyanka Patra, Advocates … … For the Petitioner. 1. In this application, the petitioner has prayed for expeditious disposal of GR Case No. 6115/2016 presently pending before learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, 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 Investigating Officer submitted charge- sheet after completion of investigation under Sections 406/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code against the petitioner on 07.06.2017. Since then the matter is pending for charge hearing for last nine years. Therefore, he prayed for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid GR Case No. 6115/2016. 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 party will have no cause to prejudice and as 2 such service of copy of application upon the opposite parties is dispensed with. 4. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and that the charge hearing of the said proceeding has got stalled for about nine years after filing of the charge sheet, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. 5. In view of above, the application being CRR/2369/2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the said proceeding and to conclude the charge hearing within a period of three months from the next date of hearing. (Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)