State Of West Bengal vs Surajit Deb - 2025 Supreme(Cal) 313

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 313

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
Debangsu Basak, Md. Shabbar Rashidi
State Of West Bengal – Appellant
Versus
Surajit Deb – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee, Sr. Adv., & Ms. Moumita Pandit, Adv., Mr. Supreem Naskar, Adv., Ms. Jayashree Patra, Adv., Ms. Pritha Sinha, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. P.P., Mr. Partha Pratim Das, Adv., Ms. Manasi Roy, Adv.

Table of Content
1. death reference and conviction details. (Para 1 , 2)
2. discovery of the victim's body. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. appellants' defense arguments presented. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12)
4. evidence and procedural misapplications. (Para 13 , 14 , 15)
5. state's effort to uphold conviction. (Para 16)
6. establishment of murder and guilt. (Para 51 , 52)
7. relationship complexities and motive analysis. (Para 53 , 54 , 55 , 56)
8. insufficient evidence for prosecution. (Para 57 , 58 , 59)
9. acquittal of the appellants. (Para 60)
10. final orders of court. (Para 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65)

JUDGMENT :

MD. SHABBAR RASHIDI, J.

1. This is a death reference case arising out of the judgment of conviction dated July 20, 2019 and corresponding order of sentence dated July 22, 2019 passed by learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Sealdah, in Sessions Trial No. 3 (4) of 2015. The three connected appeals are in assailment of the common judgment of conviction and order of sentence involved in the death reference.

2. By the impugned judgment, the appellants were convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 302/201/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Consequently, by the impugned order of s