Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Single Judge’s Order Reviving Criminal Proceedings Against Anisur Rehman

Case Facts

• Anisur Rehman, BJP leader, was arrested with the charge of murder of TMC functionary Kurban Shah.
• While the case was pending in the Trial court, The State Government proposed to withdraw the case against the accused.
• The nephew of the deceased filed a Writ petition before the Single Judge bench of the Calcutta High Court but the order had already been passed by the Trial Court.

Single Judge Bench

• The Single Judge bench quashed the order passed by the Trial Court under Section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
• The proceedings against the accused were to be revived at the Trial court.
• This decision was brought to a second appeal before the Calcutta High Court.

Analysis and Observation

• The appellant submitted before the Court of a breach in the principles of natural justice that has occurred due to the decision of the single judge bench.
• The accused was not made a party to the petition when the petition was filed before the court.
• The accused was not heard and the prima facie facts of the case show that he should be a party to the case and should be heard.
• The Court ordered the single judge bench to make the accused a party to the petition and then pass the judgment after all the parties have been heard.
• The merits of the case should be decided only after the present petition is decided.

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