31.07.2026 ct.no.15 Item No.592 rc CRR No. 5484 of 2025 with CRAN No. 1 of 2026 Smt. Soma Sarkar Versus The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Indranuj Dutta Ms. Benazir Sk. …for the Petitioner Affidavits of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The opposite parties are not represented despite service. The petitioner who is the defacto complainant of G.R.Case No. 2898 of 2025 pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, North 24 Parganas at Barasat seeks transfer of the case to any other court of competent jurisdiction on the ground that the private opposite party is her elder sister and the husband of the private opposite party being a member of the bar association of Barasat Court, none of the members of the association are willing to render legal assistance to the petitioner in the case. The petitioner has filed a naraji petition against the charge sheet submitted before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate which is fixed for hearing on August 10, 2026. The petitioner is also being threatened by the private opposite party and her associates in the Court premises. In view of the fact that the husband of the private opposite party is a practising advocate of Barasat Court, chances of his influencing the members of the bar and creating an adverse situation for the petitioner in connection with the case cannot be ruled out. In view of the situation disclosed by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to hold that the case needs to be transferred to any other court of competent jurisdiction in order to ensure a fair and unbiased trial. The revisional application being CRR No. 5484 of 2025 is allowed. G.R.Case No. 2989 of 2025 pending before the court of Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barasat be transferred to court of Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah for disposal. The learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah shall either deal with the case himself or assign the same to any other learned Magistrate within his jurisdiction. The learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barasat is directed to transmit the case record along with all relevant documents to the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah within ten days from the date of communication of this order. The connected application being CRAN No. 1 of 2026 is disposed of accordingly. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh,J) 2