Md. Abbas vs State of West Bengal - 2025 Supreme(Cal) 462

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 462

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, UDAY KUMAR
Md. Abbas – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Subham Ghosh, Mr. Mayank Roy, Mr. Subhranil Barman
For the State : Ms. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, Ld. APP., Mr. Sourav Ganguly
For the de facto Complainant : Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, Ms. Pratusha Dutta Chowdhury, Ms. Sunayana Parveen, Ms. Riya Agarwal, Mr. Bappaditya Roy, Mr. Mantu Mondal

Table of Content
1. conviction under ipc and pocso act (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. procedural irregularities in investigation (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 22)
3. credibility of evidentiary chain confirmed (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
4. circumstantial evidence validity (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35)
5. death sentence commutation discussions (Para 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124)
6. final judgment and sentence modification (Para 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129)

JUDGMENT :

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-

1. The present appeal and death reference arise out of the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), for both of which death sentence was awarded, under Section 363 of the IPC, for which rigorous imprisonment for seven years with fine of Rs. 5000/-, in default further rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months was awarded, and under Section 366 of the IPC, for which ten years of rigorous imprisonment