IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

CRR 296 of 2023 Ramabtar Berlia & Ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Milon Mukherjee, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Biswajit Manna, Mr. S. P. Tewary, Mr. Debajit Kundu.

For the State : Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Mr. Sourav Ganguly.

For the P.F. Authority : Mr. Bhaskar Roy Mahapatra.

Hearing concluded on : 23.04.2025 Judgment on : 01.05.2025 Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.:

1. The present revision has been preferred praying for quashing of proceeding being G.R. No. 1715/2017 in connection with Birpara Police Station Case No. 112/17 dated 08.09.2017 under Section 406/409 of the Indian Penal Code filed in the Court of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipurduar and now pending in the Court of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipurduar.

2. The petitioners nos. 1 to 4 are the Directors of the company, M/s.

Hind Tea Company Ltd.

3. M/s. Hind Tea Company Ltd. is the owner of the said tea estate and the ‘employer’ within the meaning of Section 2(e) of the Employees' Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1956. The said company i