Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side)
Judge vs In Re : Vijendra Gowda @ Vijay & Anr on 30 July, 2025
30.07.2025
Item no.16
Court No.42
ss HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
C.R.M.(M) 1208 of 2025
In Re:- An application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya
Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439
of Cr.P.C., 1973 in connection with POCSO 103/2021 arising
out of 761 of 2015 registered at Naihati Police Station Case
No.761 of 2015 dated 04.12.2015 under Sections 370, 370A,
373, 368, 366A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 3, 4,5, 6, 7
and 9 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and Section 17,
21 read with Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act, 2012 pending before the Court of learned Special
Judge, POCSO, Barrackpore.
And
In Re : Vijendra Gowda @ Vijay & anr.
…. Petitioners
Mr. Pandit Karar
Mr. Karan Bapuli
….. for the petitioners
Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Ld. APP
Ms. Sima Biswas
… for the State
Learned Advocate for the petitioners submits that service
could not be effected upon the de facto complainant/victim.
State is directed to serve a notice upon the de facto
complainant/victim and file a service report on the next date. In
the notice to be served by the State, it should be mentioned that
the de facto complainant/victim has a right to be represented
through a lawyer to be engaged by the Calcutta High Court Legal
Services Committee for which no cost need be borne by the de
facto complainant/victim. The notice should be in a language
which the de facto complainant/victim can comprehend.
List this matter on 4th August, 2025.
(Bivas Pattanayak, J.)