Sk Sahid Imam and Others v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
C.R.R. 308 of 2024; Sk. Sahid Imam & Ors. v. State (respondents not named); Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; order dated 09.05.2024; discharge of unnecessarily implicated accused; stage of consideration of charges; individual assessment of complicity; victim's Section 164 CrPC statement unavailable; incomplete Section 207 CrPC documents; charges under Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act; direction to trial court/special court to discharge unwarranted persons; revision dismissed; advocate Sk. Toslim Ali for petitioners.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief to the petitioners; the revision was dismissed, but with a direction to the learned trial court that at the stage of consideration of charges it shall consider the complicity of each petitioner and shall not deter from discharging any person found unwarranted. ¶10