02.09.2026 24 Court No. 05 (DL) (Suvendu Mukherjee) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction (APPELLATE SIDE) WPA 21841 of 2026 Shaikh Ali Imam –Versus – The Union of India & Ors. Mr. Shamik Chatterjee Mr. Aditya Bikram Mahata Mr. Sahil Kabir Mr. Anirban Das ….for the petitioner Mr. Dipankar Dandapal Mr. Sujit Bhunia ……for the Union of India Mr. Arkaprava Sen Mr. Asumdipta Santra …for the State respondents 1) Affidavit of service filed on behalf of petitioner is taken on record. 2) Petitioner prays for clubbing of proceedings pending before different authorities for the sake of convenience since petitioner is accused in different proceedings. According to petitioner, if proceedings are not clubbed in that event petitioner will be unnecessarily inconvenienced. 3) Learned advocate representing State respondents has opposed this prayer and has filed communication dated 2nd September, 2026 of Officer-in-Charge of 2 Udaynarayanpur Police Station, Howrah Rural District and same is taken on record. 4) It is disclosed in said communication that two separate proceedings are pending against petitioner, one is Udaynarayanpur Police Station Case No. 122/25 dated 13th September, 2025 under certain provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and another is under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 which is pending before the learned Special Court (PMLA), City Sessions Court, Bankshall, Kolkata. According to State respondents, proceeding under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is a separate proceeding which is not akin to proceeding which has been drawn up under relevant provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Udaynarayanpur Police Station Case No. 122/25 dated 13th September, 2025. 5) Moreover, it is disclosed in said communication that in connection with Udaynarayanpur Police Station Case No. 122/25 dated 13th September, 2025 petitioner was taken into custody and certain steps were taken for recovery of items from inputs provided by petitioner. However, it is disclosed that petitioner is now on bail and elder brother of petitioner is also an accused person who is yet to be arrested in spite of raids conducted by concerned police authorities. 6) As aforesaid two proceedings are different and there are certain progress in investigation of Udaynarayanpur Police Station Case No. 122/25 dated 3 13th September, 2025, at this stage prayer of petitioner for clubbing of those proceedings is not allowed since investigating agencies are different. 7) Hence, present writ petition stands dismissed. 8) However, concerned police authorities are at liberty to take steps in accordance with law for expediting investigation and take the same to its logical conclusion. 9) Parties to act on server copy of this order duly downloaded from official website of this Court. (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)