Sirajul Hoque @ Sirajul Haque Mallick & Ors. v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Intra-court appeal FMA 4688 of 2016, decided March 19, 2026 by Sujoy Paul, C.J. and Partha Sarathi Sen, J. Appellants: Sirajul Hoque @ Sirajul Haque Mulick and others (counsel: P. Mukherjee, N. K. Dey, Jahangir Hossain); Respondents: The State of West Bengal and others. Appeal by the private respondent of W.P. 14279(W) of 2016 against the Single Judge's order dated 05.08.2016 granting liberty to pursue a pending Section 144 Cr.P.C. proceeding and other criminal action. Held: no merits finding was made by the Single Judge; the liberty is inherent to every litigant; no case for interference; admission declined; appeal dismissed. Statute referenced: Section 144 of the Cr.P.C. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
None; the intra-court appeal was dismissed at the admission stage, with the observation that the appellant may take all possible objections in any proceeding if filed by the original petitioner.