September 14, 2026 Sl. No. 5 Court No.11 s.biswas CRA(DB) 222 of 2026 with CRAN 1 of 2026 In re: Appeal under Section 372 of the Cr.P.C., corresponding to Section 413 of the BNSS. XXX Vs. The State of West Bengal and another Mr. Sougata Mitra Mr. Nikhil Kumar Gupta Ms. Soma Chakraborty Mr. Subhadeep Maitra ... for the appellant Mr. Kallol Mondal, PP Mr. Anamitra Banerjee Ms. Triparna Roy ... for the State Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Sauradeep Dutta ... for the accused Pursuant to the earlier order passed by this Court, service has been effected upon the accused and Mr. Mukherjee, learned advocate enters appearance on behalf of the said accused. Ms. Roy, learned advocate for the State is also present. Records reveal that as there was a delay in preferring the present appeal, the application being CRAN 1 of 2026 has been filed for condonation of delay. Drawing the attention of this Court to the averments made in the application for condonation of delay, Mr. Gupta, learned advocate appearing for the appellant submits that there was no deliberate delay on the part of the appellant in preferring the present appeal. 2 Mr. Mukherjee learned advocate appearing for the accused opposes the appellant’s prayer for condonation of delay. Ms. Roy learned advocate appearing for the State has left the issue to the discretion of this Court. Upon hearing the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and considering the materials on record, we are satisfied with the explanation given towards delay in preferring the appeal. Accordingly such delay is condoned and the application for condonation of delay being CRAN 1 of 2026 is disposed of. In re: CRA(DB) 222 of 2026 Appeal is admitted. Call for the records. Issue usual notices. Paper books be prepared within a period of 4 weeks from the date of receipt of the Trial Court Records. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rishad Medora, J.) (Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.)