Ranjit Mondal vs State of West Bengal

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 389

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
DEBANGSU BASAK, PRASENJIT BISWAS
Ranjit Mondal – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Soumajit Das Mahapatra, Ms. Soma Mal, Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir, Ms. Madhuri Sinha.
For the State : Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. PP, Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Ld. APP. Ms. Sanjana Saha.

Table of Content
1. conviction details and background of the case. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. arguments of the appellants and prosecution witnesses. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
3. court’s reasoning and analysis regarding evidence. (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29)
4. prosecution's failure to prove case. (Para 30)
5. final judgment and order. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38)

JUDGMENT :

Prasenjit Biswas, J:-

1. The judgment and order of conviction dated 06.07.2019 and 08.07.2019 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-I, Lalbagh in connection with Sessions Trial No. 02/June/2014 (Sessions Serial No. 29 of 2013) is assailed in this appeal.

2. By passing the impugned judgment and order of conviction the learned Trial Court found these appellants guilty for commission of offence punishable under Section 498A/34 and 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and they were sentenced accordingly.

3. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said impugned judgment and order of conviction passed by the learned Trial Court, the present appeal is preferred at the behest of these appellants.

4. In short campus the