30.07.2026 Serial no. 10 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR 2844 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 529 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sureaksha Sanhita, 2023 -And- In the matter of : ARIJIT PAL … … Petitioner. Mr. Siddhartha Paul, Advocate … … For the Petitioner. 1. The petitioner/accused is aggrieved with the inordinate delay caused in disposal of GR Case No. 2426/2024 presently pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 5th Court, Barrackpore. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he has been falsely implicated in the instant criminal proceeding being Titagarh Police Station Case No. 129/2024. The Investigating Agency after completion of investigation submitted charge-sheet on 31st July, 2024 thereby proposing to examine seven witnesses on behalf of the prosecution. Thereafter, copies of document relied by prosecution was supplied to the petitioner on 05.04.2025 but till date the Court below has not conducted the charge hearing and the same has been kept pending for last one year. Next date is fixed on 21st April, 2027. Therefore, the petitioner has prayed for necessary direction upon the Court below to expedite the entire process. 2 2. 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, then the opposite parties will have no cause to prejudice and as such service of copy of application upon the opposite parties is hereby dispensed with. 3. Having considered the submissions made by learned Counsel for the petitioner and also considering the fact that the proceeding has got stalled for about one and a half year, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. 4. In view of above, the instant application being CRR/2844/2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to prepone the next date and to fix a date for charge hearing in the month of September, 2026 and to conclude the charge hearing preferably on the preponed date or within a period of 30 days thereafter. 5. 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.)