Sk. Golam Rasul v. State of West Bengal
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What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction, CRR 909 of 2024, disposed of on 19-04-2024 by Tirthankar Ghosh, J.; petitioner-complainant Sk. Golam Rasul versus State of West Bengal (advocates Tapas Maity and Dipjyoti Chakraborty for petitioners; Purnima Ghosh for the State). Subject: expedition of a decade-old pending criminal trial — Tamluk P.S. Case no. 195 of 2008, 13 prosecution witnesses cited, only two or three examined over ~15 years. Key directions: police 'Nodal Officer' (Inspector-in-Charge, Tamluk PS); trial-court schedule of three dates every 15 days; prohibition on unnecessary adjournments; witness summonses via Nodal Officer with mandatory reporting of non-availability and subsequent discretion to drop or compel witnesses; Public Prosecutor to produce materials, documents and exhibits; trial expressly ordered to continue despite local bar association resolution/strike; all stakeholders to hasten conclusion. Useful for searches on: judicial expedite-trial directives, police-assisted witness production, Nodal Officer mechanism, handling of witness non-attendance, adjournment discipline, and conduct of trials during bar strikes.