TRHC010002572025 2026:THC:558 HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA Crl.P.No.07 of 2025

1. Smt. Dipali Rani Sutradhar , W/O Sri Madhusudhan Sutradhar, Resident of Barjala, P.S.- West Agartala P.O.- Barjala, Sub-Division- Sadar, District- West Tripura, Pin-799002, Age-47.

2. Sri Kaliprasad Sutradhar, S/O Sri Madhusudhan Sutradhar, Resident of Barjala, P.S.- West Agartala, P.O.- Barjala, Sub-Division- Sadar, District- West Tripura, Pin-799002, Age-25.

3. Sri Madhusudhan Sutradhar, S/O Sri Dhirendra Sutradhar, Resident of Barjala, P.S.- West Agartala, P.O.- Barjala, Sub-Division- Sadar, District- West Tripura, Pin-799002. Age-53 years.

….Petitioner(s).

Versus

1. The State of Tripura, 2. Smt. Aditi Biswas, D/O- Subhash Ch. Biswas, Resident of- Barjala, P.S.-West Tripura, P.O.- Barjala, Sub-Division- Sadar. District- West Tripura, Pin-799002.

3. Sri Subhash Ch. Biswas S/O Sri Sachindra Ch. Biswas Resident of Barjala, Sub Division- Sadar, District- West Tripura, Pin-799002.

….. Respondents.

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anupam Pal, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Raju Datta, P.P., Mr. Rana Gopal Chakraborty, Adv.

Date of Hearing : 28.04.2026 Date of delivery of Judgment and Order : 04.05.2026 Whether fit for Reporting : YES HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE BISWAJIT PALIT Judgment & Order This petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is filed for quashing /setting aside the proceeding/investigation commenced/initiated against the petitioners in pursuance of the complaint lodged by one Subhash Ch. Biswas to O/C, West Agartala P.S. which has been marked as West Agartala P.S. Case No.2017/WAG/013 registered under Sections 341/325/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

02. Heard Learned Counsel, Mr. A. Pal appearing on behalf of the petitioners and also heard Learned P.P., Mr. R. Datta appearing on behalf of the State-respondent and also heard Learned Counsel, Mr. R. G. Chakraborty appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.2 & 3.

03. In this case, we are to decide whether the FIR lodged by the respondent No.3 on the basis of which West Agartala P.S. case No.13 of 2017 was registered and later on ended in charge-sheet and registered as PRC(WP) 248 of 2017 be quashed or not, in view of the another FIR arising out of the said incident laid by the respondent No.2, on 14.02.2017 Smt. Aditi Biswas on the basis of which West Agartala, Women P.S. case No.10 of 2017 was registered under Section 325/354/34 of IPC and later on culminated into charge-sheet and finally, committed to the Court of Sessions in view of order dated 08.03.2019 passed by Learned J.M. First Class Court No.6, Agartala, West Tripura, now pending before the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, West Tripura, Agartala, Court No.5 as Special (SC ST) case No.01 of 2019 (PRC WP 180 of 2017).

At the time of hearing, Learned Counsel, Mr. A. Pal drawn the attention of the Court referring Annexure-1, i.e. the FIR laid by one Subhash Ch. Biswas (i.e. the respondent No.3 herein) and submitted that on the basis of the FIR laid by said Subhash Ch. Biswas, West Agartala, P.S. case No.13 of 2017 was registered under Section 341/325/34 of IPC and the same case was ended in charge-sheet and the trial of the said case is almost completed and the case is now pending for hearing of argument and on the alleged day again the daughter of said Subhash Ch. Biswas herein the respondent No.2 laid another FIR to O/C, Agartala Women P.S. suppressing the earlier FIR and on the basis of that West Agartala, Women P.S. case No.10 of 2017 was registered and the same was ended in charge-sheet and now the case is pending for trial before the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, West Tripura, Agartala, Court No.5 as Special (SC ST) case No.01 of 2019 (PRC WP

180 of 2017).

Learned Counsel further submitted that since both the cases have arisen out of the same incident, so, both the cases cannot be allowed to continue and the same is also not legally permissible in view of the series of judgments given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. So, Learned Counsel urged fo