IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

BEFORE:

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE UDAY KUMAR

CRR 3220 of 2022

With

CRAN 7 of 2025

Shri Ramji Tewari

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Pawan Kr. Gupta,

: Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta,

: Ms. Sofial Nesar,

: Mr. Santanu Sett,

: Mr. Yogesh Kumar Sharma

For the Private Opposite Party No.2. : Mr. Ajit Kumar Mishra,

: Mr. A. Dey.

Hearing Concluded on : 08th August 2025 Judgment on : 29th August 2025.

UDAY KUMAR, J.: –

Introduction:

1. The petitioner, Shri Ramji Tewari, the Principal General Manager of

the BSNL Telecom Factory has approached this Court invoking its

inherent powers under Section 482 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, sought for the quashing of the criminal proceedings initiated against him in Complaint Case No. C-185 of 2022, currently pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, South 24 Parganas. The petitioner is the sole accused, a fact that lies at the heart of this dispute.

2. The complaint, based on an inspection conducted by the Labour Enforcement Officer, Respondent No. 2, on August 19, 2021, alleged certain breaches of the Contract Labour (Regulation &