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13-11-2025 (ct. no.34)

debajyoti

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction

CRR 35 of 2025

Lakshmi Narayan Pal

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Arun Naskar

… For the Petitioner.

Mr. Ranabir Roy Choudhury

… For the State.

1. This application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshya Sanhita (BNSS) has been filed against an order dated 31st December, 2021 pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, North 24-

Parganas under Sections 420/506 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the opposite party being the defacto complainant lodged a complaint where this petitioner is arraigned as an accused with a false and concocted story. The defacto complainant with an ulterior motive made an application before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore, North 24-Parganas under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/175(3) BNSS on the basis of which the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate directed the concerned police station to treat the said petition as FIR with an observation that the petitioner has disclosed prima facie

existence of cognizable offence which requires investiga