16.07.2026 Sl. No.02. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/5270/2025 Swapan Kumar De & Ors. Vs. State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Pritam Choudhury …for the petitioner Petitioners herein have prayed for expeditious disposal of G.R. Case No.3444 of 2010 pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Court, Barasat. Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the criminal proceeding in connection with aforesaid G.R. Case No.3444 of 2010 was initiated on 03.09.2010. After completion of investigation police submitted charge-sheet against the petitioners on 07.08.2011. Thereafter the charge was framed against the petitioners after four years on 03.06.2015. He submits that since then not a single witness has been examined for last 11 years and, as such, he prayed for appropriate direction upon the Court below. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and 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 no cause to prejudice and, as such, the service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. 2 Having considered the fact that the trial of the aforesaid criminal case has got stalled for a period of 11 years, I find that the prayer made by the petitioners is justified and is required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. In view of above, the instant application being CRR 5270 of 2025 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.3444 of 2010 pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Court, Barasat and to make his best effort to conclude the same 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. )