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DEBANGSU BASAK, BIBHAS RANJAN DE
Sanatan Goswami @ Thakur – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeals against conviction for murder. (Para 1) |
| 2. factual background of the child's abuse and death. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. details of trial proceedings and witness accounts. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 4. defense arguments regarding witness credibility and evidence. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 5. prosecution's stance on sentencing and legal precedents. (Para 11 , 19) |
| 6. court's observations about the nature of the crime and cause of death. (Para 12 , 71 , 72) |
| 7. legal standards for death penalty determination. (Para 75 , 89) |
| 8. commutation of death penalty based on mitigating circumstances. (Para 99 , 100 , 102) |
JUDGMENT
Debangsu Basak, J. - The appellants have assailed the judgement of conviction dated September 17, 2021 and the order of sentence dated September 21, 2021 passed by the Learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 2nd Court, Purulia in SC (SPL) Case No. 34 of 2017. The appellants have been represented by the learned senior advocate Mr. Sandipan Ganguly and advocate Mr. Dipanjan Dutt as amicus curiae. By the impugned judgement of conviction and the order of sentence, the appellants had been held guilty of murdering a child of three years old and sentenced to death. A death re
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