27.07.2026 Serial no. 649 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR 3044 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sureaksha Sanhita, 2023 -And- In the matter of : MANJUSHREE DAS … … Petitioner. Mr. Debasis Kar, Mr. Arka Tilak Bhadra, Ms. Paramita Mukherjee, Ms. Suhana Parvin, Advocates … … For the Petitioner. 1. Petitioner herein who is an old lady aged about 75 years has sought for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being GR Case No. 8005/2023 presently pending before learned 2nd Judicial Magistrate at Barrackpore. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the instant case was initiated on 24.09.2023 and after completion of investigation, Police submitted charge-sheet on 13.11.2023. Thereafter for last three years the Court below fixed several dates for charge hearing but charge hearing has not yet been conducted and the next date is fixed on 20.07.2027. 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 party is dispensed with. 4. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and that the proceeding has got stalled for about three years, 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 instant proceeding being CRR/3044/2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to prepone the next date of charge hearing and to fix any date in the month of September, 2026 and to conclude the charge hearing on that day or preferably within a period of three months from the preponed charge hearing date. 6. All parties are to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of the Calcutta High Court. (Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)