JUDGMENT :

Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury, J.

1. This criminal appeal impeaches the judgement passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Hooghly Sadar on 30th July, 2019 in S.T. No. 17 (11)/2011 S.C. No. 02/2011.

2. Briefly stated, Smt. Bandana Chakraborty on 29th September, 2009 informed the Officer-in-charge of Balagarh Police Station, Hooghly that her daughter Mistu Chakraborty @ Punkai aged about 16 years one month fell in love with Pradip Das, a co-villager. Pradip Das used to take her daughter to different places defying the parents of Mistu Chakraborty. Her daughter told her that Pradip Das would marry her and she indulged in sexual relationship with said Pradip Das on that consideration. On 28th September, 2009 at about 8.00 p.m. her daughter left the house in order to watch the immersion procession of Goddess Durga. At about 10.00 p.m. the informant came to know from the neighbours that her daughter was sniveling in front of the Saw Mill of Mani Debnath. She along with her husband and her brother-in-law Abhijit Mukherjee rushed there and found Mistu who was blubbering. Mistu disclosed that Pradip took her by his motorcycle for a ride. His friends Bhombal Biswas and Suk