30.07.2026 Serial no. 14 [Srimanta] Ct. No. - 29 CRR 3054 of 2026 In re : An Application under Section 442 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sureaksha Sanhita, 2023 -And- In the matter of : XXX … … Petitioner. Mr. Pritam Choudhury, Advocate … … For the Petitioner. 1. In this application, the petitioner has prayed for appropriate direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being ST No. 14(12)/2021 presently pending before learned Special POCSO Court at Barasat, 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 complaint was lodged by the de facto complainant against the petitioner on 14.02.2021. The prosecution proposes to examine 10 witnesses out of which the victim girl and de facto complainant have already been examined and according to the petitioner they have not supported the imputations leveled in the FIR. Therefore in ordinate delay in disposal of the proceeding amounts to violation of his fundamental right of speedy trial guaranteed under the constitution. 2 3. Therefore he prayed for appropriate direction. 4. 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 parties will have no cause to prejudice and as such service of copy of application upon the opposite parties is dispensed with. 5. Having considered the submissions made by learned Counsel for the petitioner, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. 6. In view of above, the instant proceeding being CRR/3054/2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being ST No. 14(12) of 2021 pending before learned Special POCSO Court, Barasat, North 24-Parganas and to make his best effort to conclude the entire proceeding preferably within a period of six months from the next date of hearing. 7. 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.)