17.07.2026 Serial no.40 Aloke Ct. No. 30 CRR 5383 of 2024 with CRAN 1 of 2026 M.P. Gupta @ Manish Prasad Gupta vs. State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Subir Banerjee Ms. Sudeshna Maji Mr. Soumya Kanjilal … for the petitioner Mr. Aditya Chakraborty Mr. Amarnath Agarwal Ms. Soumi Chatterjee … for the O.P. no.2 1. The revisional application has been preferred challenging the impugned judgment and order dated November 11, 2024 passed by the learned Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Calcutta in Criminal Appeal No. 44 of 2024. 2. Vide the impugned order the learned Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Calcutta, had directed the appeal to be admitted on condition that the appellant shall deposit 20% of the fine amount before the trial Court as security deposit within a specified period. 3. As the petitioner herein, being the appellant in spite of being granted several opportunities failed to deposit the said amount, the appeal was not admitted. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party/complainant submits that in case the appellant complies with the Court’s order to an enhanced amount of interest then the 2 opposite party has no objection if the appeal is admitted and the matter is heard on merit. 5. During pendency of the revisional application, the petitioner has filed an application being CRAN 1 of 2026 praying for stay, of the order dated June 23, 2026 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 14th Court at Calcutta in CN/531 of 2019 issuing warrant of arrest against the petitioner herein. 6. On hearing the learned counsels for the parties and on perusal of the materials on record, the revisonal application is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner shall deposit 30% of the fine amount before the learned trial Court within 30 days from the date of this order and on the deposit being made, the learned Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Calcutta, shall admit the appeal in accordance with law. 7. Considering the said facts, the warrant of arrest issued by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 14th Court at Calcutta, be stayed for a period of 15 days. 8. In case the petitioner complies with the order of this Court as to the deposit to be made, the warrant of arrest shall be quashed and set aside and in case the petitioner does not comply with the direction of deposit as made by this Court, the trial Court shall be at liberty to proceed with the order dated 23rd June, 2026, issuing warrant of arrest in accordance with law. 3 9. Learned Chief Judge, City Sessions Court shall make all endeavour to dispose of the appeal expeditiously. 10. The revisional application stands disposed of. 11. Connected application is also disposed of. 12. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.)