Shankar Paul vs State of West Bengal

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 22

SHAMPA DUTT (PAUL)
Shankar Paul – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Ayan Bhattacharya, Sr. Adv, Mr. Soumya Basu Roychowdhury, Mr. Sarbananda Sanyal.
For the State : Mr. Bitasok Banerjee.

JUDGMENT :

(Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.)

1. The present revisional application has been preferred praying for quashing of the criminal proceeding, being G.R. Case No. 1451 of 2018, arising out of Contai Police Station Case No. 388 of 2018, dated November 19, 2018, under Sections 420/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, pending before the court of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Contai, Purba Medinipur, including order dated September 2, 2019, passed by the said Learned Court, thereby taking cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 420/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, in connection with the above proceeding.

2. The allegations made by the de facto complainant in the written complaint giving rise to the present case are as follows:-

“………...That since 14.09.2025 I work as authorized representative of Sankar Pal and his all other co-sharers to purchase lands at Athilgori Mouza and Padmapukuria Mouza, do the mutation, conversion and all Court related works. Apart from this, my name is also registered in the Department of West Bengal in relation to conversion matters. It is hereby informed you, that a registered written agreement was signed (registered Powe