The High Court disposed of a writ petition against the State by redirec ting parties to cooperate with the police investigation and requested the filing of a final report within 45 days.
The writ petition is disposed of; parties directed to cooperate with investigation; final report to be filed within 45 days.
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08.02.2022. Court No.13 Item No. 9 ap
W.P.A. No. 571 of 2022
(Through Video Conference)
Shilpy Pandey Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Suddhasatva Banerjee, Mr. Soumabho Ghose, Mr. Pushan Kar,
Mr. Navneet Misra.
…For the petitioner.
Mr. Amitesh Banerjee, ld. Sr. Standing Counsel, Mr. Tarak Karan.
…For the State.
Mr. Kishore Datta, ld. Sr. Advocate, Mr. Arnab Sinha, Mr. Amartya Basu.
…For the respondent nos.6 & 7. Mr. Dyutiman Banerjee.
…For the respondent nos.9 & 10.
Counsel for the State, Mr. Banerjee, submits that the Investigating Officer in FIR No. 54 dated 1st March, 2020 of Tollygunge Police Station has been changed.
Mr. Datta, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the respondent nos.6 & 7 submits that the dispute is primarily private and civil in nature, which in any event, has been resolved by payment of certain sums of money to the writ petitioner.
Mr. Suddhasatva Banerjee, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner vehemently denies the same.
It is expected that the investigation be completed as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period
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of 45 days from date. Let final report be filed before the jurisdictional Magistrate with prior service of a copy thereof between all the parties.
It is submitted that the private respondent no.8 has died. The writ petition shall be infructuous in so far as the respondent no.8 is concerned.
Needless to mention that all parties shall cooperate with the investigation and may meet the Investigating Officer of the case with whatever inputs they may have.
The instant writ petition shall stand disposed of.
There will be no order as to costs.
All parties are directed to act on a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
( Rajasekhar Mantha, J. )
Shilpy Pandey
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Rajasekhar Mantha
As recorded by the court registry
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