Babita Simon v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Babita Simon; International Justice Mission (IJM); quashing of FIR/investigation; Sections 448/323/506/34 IPC; Section 482 CrPC; Section 397 CrPC; Child Welfare Committee (CWC); Home Study report; social investigation; Sutrishna Basu; de facto complainant; signatures on blank papers; writ petition for proper investigation; unexplained delay in FIR; maliciously instituted proceeding; case diary; interim stay; Puja vacation; CRAN 1 of 2020; Jay Sengupta, J.; order dated 01.10.2020.
What did the court decide?
CRAN 1 of 2020 disposed of with interim stay of the impugned proceeding till one week after the ensuing Puja vacation; State directed to produce the case diary on the next date; matter listed for hearing after two weeks; parties at liberty to pray for extension, modification or vacating of the interim order upon notice to the other sides; urgent Photostat certified copy to be supplied expeditiously if applied for. No final determination on quashing.