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2025 Supreme(SC) 131

B. V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
Laxmi Das – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Ms. Mrinalini Mukherjee, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Simranjeet Singh Rekhi, Adv. Ms. Shriya Mishra, Adv. M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Subhasish Bhowmick, AOR Ms. Manisha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kushwaha, Adv. Mr. Shubhankar, Adv. Mr. M.k Rathor, Adv. Mr. Reegan S Bel, Adv. Mr. Pranshu Kaushal, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Adv.

ORDER :

1. This appeal is preferred by the accused Appellant-Smt. Laxmi Das challenging the impugned order dated 13.06.2014 passed by the High Court at Calcutta in Criminal Revisional Application, being CRR No. 1560 of 2012, along with an application for quashing, being CRAN No. 1946 of 2013. By this order, the High Court has quashed the chargesheet as only against Dilip Das/Accused No. 3 and Subrata Das/Accused No. 2, while rejecting the application preferred by the Appellant/Accused No. 4.

2. The facts germane to the present dispute are summarised as below:

    2.1 Appellant is the mother of Babu Das/Accused No. 1, who was allegedly in a love affair with the deceased, Souma Pal. Dilip Das and Subrata Das are the father and elder brother of Babu Das respectively (hereinafter collectively “the accused”). All four were initially accused of abetment of suicide and charged under Sections 306 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter “IPC”)

    2.2 On 03.07.2008 an unnatural death came to be registered as the deceased was found dead in the place between the Garia Railway Station and Narendrapur Railway Station. Consequently on 06.07.2008, an FIR came to be filed by the deceased’s un

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