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2022 Supreme(Cal) 148

PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, RAJARSHI BHARADWAJ
Shaista Afreen – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Mr. Sayan Banerjee, Ms. Debolina Sarkar, Advocates, Ms. Susmita Saha Dutta, Mr. Sanjeeb Seni, Advocates, for the Appellant, Mr. S. N. Mookherjee, Ld. Ag, Mr. Samrat Sen, Ld. Aaag, Mr. Tapas Mukherjee, Ms. Srijita Ray, Advocates

ORDER :

1. In these Public Interest Petitions, an unfortunate incident of alleged gang rape and death of a minor girl aged about 14 years belonging to the scheduled caste category has been highlighted. It has been alleged that on 4th April, 2022, the said minor girl was invited in the birthday party by one Brijgopal Goalain, Shyamnagar area in Hanshkhali in Nadia district of West Bengal, who is stated to be the son of an influential political leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) and a member of Gazna Gram Panchayat. It is further alleged that the girl was gang raped by Brijgopal Goalain with 4-5 other friends. The record reflects that the girl was sent back to her house at around 8 p.m. in a sick condition. She was unable to stand up and was bleeding from her private parts and was smelling of alcohol. It was alleged that she was forced to consume alcohol. The mother of the girl went to local doctor to take medicine and after returning, she found that her daughter was lying dead on the bed. It has been alleged that the family members were prevented from taking her to any private or government hospital and the girl died on account of excessive bleeding from the private

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