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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS
Tinkari Roy – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS, J.
1. This revisional application is filed challenging the judgment and order of conviction dated 31st January, 2006 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, at Arambagh in criminal appeal No. 2 of 2004 arising out of judgement and order dated 12.10.2004 passed by Learned Sub DivisionalJudicial Magistrate presently Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Arambagh, Hooghly in G.R. case No. 113 of 1996 whereby an order of conviction has been passed under Section 498 -A of the Indian Penal Code thereby sentencing the petitioner to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of 2 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 2000/- each in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of 1 month.
Facts of the case
2. A petition of complaint was filed by the De-facto complainant before the Court of Learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Arambagh on 6.3. 1996 against 6 accused persons alleging inter alia that the father of the de-facto complainant gave Rs. 35,000/- to the present petitioner at the time of marriage and after few years she was subjected to physical and mental torture in various ways. The present petitioner along with other in-laws demanded
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