CRR 2479 of 2023 Form J(2) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present: THE HON’BLE JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR GUPTA CRR 2479 of 2023 CHINMAYEE PAL @ CHINMAYEE PAL (MONDAL) VS. The STATE OF WEST BENGAL For the Petitioner : Mr. Manojit Pal, Adv. For the Opposite Party : None appears HEARD ON : 24.09.2026 JUDGMENT ON : 24.09.2026 UPLOADED ON : 25.09.2026 (In Court) AJAY KUMAR GUPTA, J.:- 1. Affidavit-of-service, filed by the petitioner in Court today, be kept with the record. 2. None appears on behalf of the opposite party. 3. The petitioner being the complainant filed this revisional application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking CRR 2479 of 2023 order or direction for expeditious disposal of proceeding being Nandakumar P.S. Case No. 183 dated 06.12.2008 under Sections 498A/423 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act in G.R. Case No. 1285/2008 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 2nd Court, Tamluk, Purba Medinipore. 4. The brief facts of the case are that the de facto complainant lodged a written complaint on 06.12.2008 with the Officer-in-Charge, Nandakumar Police Station alleging, inter alia, that on 08.12.2004 marriage between the petitioner and one Sukhamay Mondal was solemnized according to the Hindu Rites and Customs. At the time of marriage, the father of the complainant gave a sum of Rs.1,00,000/-, golden ornaments and different utensils and clothing. Soon after the marriage, accused persons regularly started tortured upon her by demanding more dowry and they also tortured inhumanly. She lost her child in her womb and further the de facto complainant was not allowed to talk with their parents. Ultimately, on 06.12.2008 she was driven out from the matrimonial home without allowing any streedhan articles. Now, she has taken shelter at her father’s house. 5. On the basis of the said complaint, Nandakumar Police Station Case No. 183 dated 06.12.2008 under Sections 498A/423 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act was initiated against the husband and other in-laws. CRR 2479 of 2023 6. After culmination of the investigation, a Charge-sheet has been submitted in the year 2009 against four accused persons and the Investigating Officer cited eleven prosecution witnesses but till date only two witnesses have been examined out of eleven prosecution witnesses. 7. This case is pending since 2008. The learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner prays for appropriate direction upon the Trial Court to expedite the trial and decide the same as expeditiously as possible. 8. The prayer for expeditious disposal is simple and innocuous. That prayer can be allowed in the absence of the opposite party since none of the parties will prejudice, if this court allows such prayer. There is no impediment to allow such prayer. 9. Accordingly, CRR/2479/2023 is disposed of by directing the Trial Court to dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible without granting unnecessary adjournment to the parties and arrive at a logical conclusion considering the docket of the concerned court, if not already disposed of. 10. Connected applications, if any, are also disposed of. 11. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. 12. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the learned Trial Court for information and necessary steps. 13. All parties are to act on the server copy of this judgment duly downloaded from the official website of the Calcutta High Court. CRR 2479 of 2023 14. Urgent xerox certified copy, if applied for by the parties, same shall be supplied upon compliance of the necessary formalities. (AJAY KUMAR GUPTA, J.) Srimanta, A.R.(Ct.)