Md. Sajid Alam vs State of West Bengal & Anr. - 2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 2735

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 2735

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Uday Kumar, J
Md. Sajid Alam – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal & Anr. – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Ayan Bhattacharjee, Mr. Apurba Kumar Ghosh
For the Respondents: Mr. Kallol Kumar Basu, Md. Jannat Ul Firdose

Table of Content
1. dispute arises from business partnership allegations and dishonoured cheque. (Para 1 , 2)
2. debate on criminal vs. civil nature of the complaint and validity of charges. (Para 3 , 4)
3. central question on whether proceedings can be quashed due to factual disputes. (Para 5)

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ayan Bhattacharjee, Mr. Apurba Kumar Ghosh For the Opposite Party No. 2 : Mr. Kallol Kumar Basu, Md. Jannat Ul Firdose Hearing concluded on : 11.07.2025 Judgment on : 22.08.2025 UDAY KUMAR, J.: –

1. The present revisional application has been preferred by the petitioner, Md. Sajid Alam, seeking to quash the proceedings in C.R. Case No. 100336 of 2018, pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Durgapur.

2. The proceedings arise from a complaint by the opposite party, Kiran Chowdhury, who alleges he was an equal partner in ‘Bharat Trading Company’ with the petitioner. Mr. Chowdhury claims he was cheated out of his 50% share of the profits, amounting to a substantial sum. The complaint further alleges that a cheque issued by the petitioner was dishonoured, and that the petitioner, accompanied by anti-social elements, resorted to physical assault and i

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