IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

PRESENT:

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE UDAY KUMAR

CRR 1336 of 2018

Dr. Arun Sankar Syamal @ Arun Sankar Syamal

-Vs-

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Mritunjoy Chatterjee

For the Opposite Party No. 2 : Mr. Sagnik Roy Chowdhury

Mr. Trijit Mitra

For the State : Mr. Dipankar Paramaick

Hearing concluded on : 31.10.2025 Judgment on : 14.11.2025

UDAY KUMAR, J.: –

1. Invoking the extraordinary inherent jurisdiction vested under Section 482 of

the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), the petitioner seeks the quashing of the entirety of the criminal proceedings arising from Ramnagar P.S. Case No. 02 of 2018. The petitioner, Dr. Arun Sankar Syamal, a highly distinguished retired academician, is charged with grave offences, including those under Sections 447, 323, 325, 354 (Outraging Modesty/Molestation), 506, and 379 (Theft) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The initiation of these charges, particularly the allegations of molestation (S. 354 IPC) and theft (S. 379 IPC), is prima facie suspect and must be scrutinized against the backdrop of a long-standing proprietary (civil) feud. The core assertion of this petit