Aamir Rashid and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court quashing order dated 29.06.2026 in CRR 1191 of 2026 / CRAN 1 of 2026 under Section 528 BNSS 2023 (counterpart of Section 482 CrPC 1973); matrimonial cruelty case under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC (Entally Police Station Case No. 288/2023 dated 01.10.2023; G.R. Case No. 2363/2023; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah) quashed after post-charge-sheet amicable settlement, dissolution of marital tie, and de facto complainant Sarah Ansar's recorded statement dated 25.06.2026 declining to proceed; no chance of conviction, facade trial, abuse of process; petitioners Aamir Rashid and others (advocates Abu Zar Ali, Somnath Adhikary for the State, Sk. Md. Wasim Akram for opposite party no. 2); single judge Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee.
What did the court decide?
CRR/1191/2026 along with CRAN/1/2026 allowed; the impugned proceeding being G.R. Case No. 2363/2023 under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah, is quashed.