Md. Jamil vs State of West Bengal - 2025 Supreme(Cal) 66

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 66

SHAMPA DUTT (PAUL)
Md. Jamil – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta, Ms. Sofia Nesar, Mr. Santanu Sett., Mr. Sekhar Kr. Basu, Sr. Adv., Mr. Antarikhya Basu, Mr. Sayan Mukherjee, Ms. Madhumita Basak. Mr. Kishore Mukherjee
For the Respondent: Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. PP, Mr. Bitasok Banerjee, Ms. Subhasree Patel, Mr. Amarta Ghose, Mr. Vijay Verma, Mr. Soumya Nag.
For the Victim : Mr. Prosenjit Mukherjee, Mr. Samrat Banerjee

JUDGMENT :

Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.

1. The present revisional application has been preferred praying for quashing of entire proceedings, being G.R. Case No. 304 of 2023 arising out of Serampore P.S. Case No. 53 of 2023 dated 08.02.2023 under Sections 420/467/468/409/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Serampore, Hooghly.

2. The petitioner’s case is that the on 26.05.2015, one Seema Singh lodged a complaint before the Serampore Police Station, alleging inter alia that:-

“……a piece of land measuring about 49 cottahs comprising Plot nos. 7141, 7142 and 7143 (L.R) in L.R. Khatian NO. 4317 under Mouza-Mahesh-15 under Serampore Municipality known as Laalmath adjacent to Serampore Housing Estate at R.K. Road belonging to Bangeswari Cotton Mills Ltd. is lying vacant 30/35 years since closure of the Mills, i.e. 1975 or before. As the factory is closed forever, as per prevailing law the said plots are vested with Government and in porcha there is nothing corresponding to L.R. Khatian 4317 as u/s 6(3) of WBEA Act and Section 4(1) of WBLR Act. Showing Subedar Khan and Mastu Mia as absolute owner of the said plots, a Power of Attorney has