ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY
Goutam Dey – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.) :
1. This appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 26.03.2009 and order of sentence dated 27.03.2009 passed by the Learned Additional 1st Sessions Judge, Fast Track (Court) Paschim Medinipur in Sessions Trial Case No. 59/July/2008 arising out of Kotwali Police Station Case No. 238/07 dated 06.10.2007 whereby convicting the appellant for the offences punishable under Section 498(A)/304(B)/306 of the Indian Penal Code and thereby sentencing the appellant to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 3 years and to pay fine of Rs. 1000/-in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 60 days for the offence punishable under Section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and further sentencing the appellant to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and to pay fine of Rs. 2000/-in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 90 days for the offence punishable under Section 304(B) of the Indian Penal Code and also sentencing the appellant to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and to pay fine of Rs. 2000/-in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 90 days for the offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code and the sentences of
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Point of Law : When statute imposes imprisonment and fine, same shall be read in 'conjunctive' and not 'disjunctive'.
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