25.9.2026 7. BD CRR 2191 of 2026 Dinesh Kumar Singhania Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Sourav Chatterjee Mr. Soumya Nag Ms. Khushi Parasrampuria Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh …for the Petitioner Mr. Anirban Dutta Mr. Uttam Kumar Mondal … for the opposite party no.2 Petitioner has assailed the order dated 21.06.2025 by which the court below has rejected the petitioner’s prayer for discharge made under section 274 BNSS and also the order dated 19th January, 2026 passed by learned Chief Judge City Sessions Court, Calcutta in Criminal Revision No. 154 of 2025 by which the court below has affirmed the order of the Trial Court. Being aggrieved by the aforesaid two orders learned senior counsel for the petitioner Mr. Chatterjee, made an innocuous prayer that he may be given one more opportunity to adduce defence evidence on his behalf and the Trial Court may be asked to conclude the same within a time bound programme. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no. 2 submits that the proceeding was initiated in the year 2001 and for last 25 years the matter is kept pending in one way or the other and the present initiative has also been taken by the petitioner to drag the proceeding further. 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the opposite party the instant application being CRR 2191 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the court below to conclude the recording of evidence of defence witnesse(s) within a period of thirty days from the date of communication of this order by either party. If the petitioner fails to conclude the defence witness within the stipulated period of time of thirty days the accused persons will not get further opportunity to adduce evidence on their behalf. The Trial Court or the Court-in-Charge of the Trial court is further directed to pronounce the judgement within a period of thirty days thereafter. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, duly applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)